Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, a Bavarian musician with an interest in various machines and devices who owned and operated the Turk, viewed the competing machine and attempted to buy it, but the offer was declined and the duplicate machine toured for a number of years, never receiving the fame that Mälzel's machine did, and eventually fell into obscurity.
Mälzel, a Bavarian musician with an affinity for machines and devices, owned and operated the Turk. He tried to acquire the rival machine but was rebuffed. The duplicate machine traveled extensively for years, failing to gain the recognition that Mälzel's machine enjoyed, eventually disappearing from public view.