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CIN-1 (86) Delightful Six-Bell Cylinder Box With Butterflies & Flowers. This is a really neat bell box, six bells with very colorful painted or enameled butterfly strikers and flowers on top of the beautifully embossed bells. 11 cylinder, eight tune. This music box was restored by the Musical Museum in Maine some time ago but now has a problem of some sort with the spring or winding arrangement a problem we expect to get fixed. No broken or repaired teeth. Decal decorations. Price dependent on cost of repair. [HOLD]
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MS-108 (82) Sublime Harmonie Tremolo Six-Tune Music Box with 13" Cylinder. Lovely inlaid case (top and front). Six tunes. Barely running - needs a full reconditioning. Five broken teeth at the bass end of the right comb. Three combs. Double spring. Case is in very good condition except for missing inner glass lid. Tune sheet damaged. $1,250 [HOLD - MB]
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(65) Cylinder Music Box with Three Bells. Three bell box, 6" cylinder, tune card. New support board for bells. Eight tune. 8 broken teeth, endless and blades missing from governor. 17 ½" wide, 9 ½" high, 11 ½" deep. Handyman special $350.
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ANC-128S (81) Mermod Freres 14 Ύ
Cylinder Box with Chinamen Striking Bells and Organ! It is
unusual and great fun to find one of these bell boxes with
Chinamen to strike the bells in this case there are three
Chinamen striking six bells. But it is really unusual to find
one of these that also has an organ section! And manufactured by
a fine Swiss company like Mermod Freres. Twelve tune, one broken
tooth, tips missing on bell teeth and this bell section of the
cylinder needs repinning.. Strikers currently non-functional
because of the broken tips. Cylinder plays fine and otherwise in
very good general unrestored condition but organ is not playing.
Needs a full mechanical restoration. Tune sheet. A wonderful
opportunity. You wont find another, I know we have not had
another of this scale and complexity in this Mandarin format.
$4800
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MHA-128 (80) Handyman Special -
Piccolo Format 16" Cylinder Music Box. This one has good
potential for recovery but needs a lot of work. Many tips are
missing on the comb, and there is some light rust on the comb,
however there are no broken teeth. It will undoubtedly need
repining. The ratchet is disconnected, but the box does run.
Missing the stop lever for the zither. The veneer/finish is worn
with some scratches. Some veneer banding inlay is missing on top
but otherwise virtually all of the inlay is there but the case
will need a full and careful restoration. One foot is missing on
the case and the glass in the inner lid is missing. Twelve
tunes. $650
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SA-118C (78) Beautiful Paillard
Five-Cylinder Music Box with Elaborate Inlay. This is a
really lovely music box manufactured by E. Paillard & Co (this
is a very early name for Paillard, although this music box most
likely dates from around the 1870s). Excellent sound despite
needing a normal mechanical reconditioning. Five cylinders
(which will require better storage than they now have). Eight
tune, cylinders are 14 ½ long. Case is exceptionally attractive
with elaborate inlays on top and in front (some scratches),
large ornate handles. Beautifully engraved control plate. Needs
normal reconditioning, adjusting, and considerable damper
adjustment/replacement. Case is 35 wide, 13 ½ deep, 9 ½ high.
$6800.
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ANC-108D (75) Important Samuel Troll
Very Large Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box with Bells in Desk
Format, Possibly An Exhibition Piece What a special music
box! This is a large and very impressive piece of furniture and
an exceptionally fine sounding music box with very large
cylinders. There are four 8-tune cylinders, 21 ½ X 3 Ό. The
music box is exceptionally fine quality as is the case. The
music box sounds great, beautiful tone, has an organocleide
effect to it, with great arrangements and perfect combs, with
nine delightfully integrated bells, and even has a massive brass
bedplate. The music box case is in excellent condition except
for some areas on the lid that look like knots but are probably
damage to the veneer, the music box is so fine that it even has
inlay around the border of the inner glass lid, something I
dont recall having seen before! The base case is also of
exceptional quality, there is a door on the right side for
storing the cylinders (only the top two are fitted out for
cylinders, the bottom two are short and were presumably designed
for regular usage). There is a desk writing surface and three
drawers with what appear to be ivory knobs. Overall 45 wide,
48 high, 24 ½ deep. Manufactured by Samuel Troll per the
silver or nickel-plate plaque, serial number 3761. Possibly an
exhibition piece as denoted by the X after the 3761 serial
number, certainly a unique opportunity. $33,000.
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ANC-108F (74) Important and
Spectacular Large Carved Mermod Freres Ideal Sublime Harmonie
Piccolo with Rare Carved Based Cabinet. One of the rarest
and most desirable of all the great large Mermod Freres music
boxes. This one has six 18 cylinders and the typical
wonderfully loud and beautiful Mermod sound, from a fine
original mechanism with perfect combs in the Ideal Sublime
Harmonie Piccolo format. The music box case has carving over the
entire front (most of the big Mermods only have carving over
part of the front), there is some discoloration on the lid.
However what really makes this a standout museum piece is the
rare heavily carved base cabinet combined with the music box
case with full frontal carving. The base cabinet is truly
exceptional, very high quality. [Note we have the bottom right
front corner molding and a couple of other small trim moldings
that are missing in the photos] Music box is 38 ½ wide, 15 Ύ
deep, 11 high, base cabinet is 44 Ύ wide, 19 Ύ deep, 38 Ό
high. This is a catalog (see page 55 of Bowers Encyclopedia)
model that originally sold for $812.50 plus $55 per cylinder! A
rare opportunity for a museum acquisition. $30,000
[HOLD - DH]
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ANC-108E (73) Mandoline Basse
Piccolo Style Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box with Three
Cylinders. An interesting interchangeable cylinder music box
in a scarce and desirable musical format and in a decorative
case with a rich oak finish and with heavy paneling on the lid
and carving on the corners of the front of the case. On a table
that is not matching and probably not period but works well.
Mandoline Basse Piccolo is basically an Organocleide format.
Three cylinders, each 14" long X 2 ½" diameter. Unrestored but
playing okay, has had eight teeth replaced, needs a normal
mechanical restoration and perhaps redampering. $6,800 with the
table.
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(69) Important Large Orchestral Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box With Automata Mandarin Bellringers. A very large orchestral box with six 19 1/2 X 2 7/8 cylinders. Includes an exceptionally large 33-key organ section and three automata Mandarins ringing six bells. Fine six-tune spacing provides 102 teeth on the two music combs. Plus snare drum and castanets. Plays quite well except that the organ needs a bit more power (sealing of leaks). Case is missing some molding on the interior of the lid and a significant amount of metal banding is missing. Some cylinders need some repinning. This will be a truly exceptional music box when fully restored exceptionally eye catching mechanism with the Mandarins. $14,000.
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LV-8810 (72) Mandoline Cylinder
Music Box With 11 Cylinder. Lovely 8-tune music box with
11 cylinder. Popular and Patriotic tunes. Inlaid lid. Partially
restored (dampers adjusted). No tune card. $1350. [HOLD
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CA-881 (70) Large Nicole Freres Full
Orchestral Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box with Matching
Table. 17 ½ cylinder is interchangeable but there is only
one cylinder with the music box, eight tunes.. Six bells, two
sets of castanettes, drum. Plus an exceptionally large 30-note
organ section. Huge brass bedplate. Matching table (no fittings
for cylinder mounting). Weve been told that this was called the
Nicole Imperial model but we cant confirm that. Plays well
except that the organ needs some attention. This is a huge music
box, case measures 44 ½ wide, 22 Ό deep, and 15 high. Table
adds 28 of height. $12,000. ($11,000 without the table).
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DK-2 13" (67) Cylinder Music Box Needing Some Work. Attractive looking music box with four broken teeth and rust on comb. Not playing, needs governor work. Bird inlay on top. - Price Reduced to $650!
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(56) Oak Carved Mermod Freres Ideal Soprano with Four 20 Cylinders and Matching Table. This is the second largest size Mermod, and I believe it is scarcer than the 24 ½, at least that has been our personal experience over the past 35 years. Fat cylinders, six tunes each, fine comb. Ideal Soprano format. This one is playing great. Has had a recent cleaning and polishing of the mechanism I dont think it had ever been touched up to that point, which is exactly how we love to find them but rarely do nowadays. The combs are perfect. All original, complete with original tune cards and album to hold them. Beautiful carved oak case and matching table have their original finishes, missing lid support. A rare and wonderful opportunity. $28,000.
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(57) Cylinder Music Box With Hidden Drum. Thats right, hidden
drum no bells. This originally had hidden bells as well but
they are missing, although the bell comb is still there. Very
pretty case with large floral inlay, warp to lid, beautiful
brass handles and large brass escutcheon. Case is 25 wide, 10
Ό deep, 9 high. Cylinder is 15 x 2 Ό with 9/84/6 teeth, one
broken, some surface rust. Smooth bedplate, SN 43396. Plays,
very bright, but has a lot of damper noise, should be repinned,
no tune sheet, probably eight or ten tune.
PRICE REDUCED TO
$1200
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K-24 (58) G. Baker-Troll Sublime Harmonie 13 Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box. Tune sheet for six cylinders however there is only one cylinder with the box. Missing inner glass lid. Plain case, some veneer problems all around. Eight tune. Four replaced teeth, two tips need replacing, needs full restoration. Speed control not working. $2,100.
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ASH-14 (59) Ten Tune Large Cylinder Music Box With Six Bells. 13 cylinder, six bells (three of the bells are not original), one broken tooth. Ten tune. Missing glass internal cover. Other wise okay original condition. $1,200. [HOLD - MB]
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(61) Ten Tune Cylinder Music Box. 10 Tune, 13 cylinder, has
tooth repairs, needs tuning, ratchet unattached, tune card, 23W
X 8 ½ D X 6H. $900.
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(62) Thibouville Lamy Ten Tune Music Box. J. Thibouville Lamy. Ten tune with tune card. One broken tooth. 10 Ύ cylinder. No glass. Large black mar on lid. 21W X 9D X 6 ½H. - Price Reduced to $925!
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WE-1 (63) Six Tune Keywind Cylinder Music Box. Six tune keywind with 13 cylinder. Nice looking keywind with a nice long cylinder, however the end flap is missing, the governor needs work, and it may need repinning. Comb is very nice. $950 - Price Reduced! [HOLD - MB]
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PA-1 (64) Music Box With 13 Ό Cylinder. 13 Ό cylinder, three broken teeth, missing governor blade and endless. Rust on mechanism. Roughly half or more of the inlay is missing. Needs a lot of TLC. Below cost at $450.
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(66) Seven Huge Cylinders, No Music Box. What a great music box these cylinders must go to! There are seven, they measure 19 ½ by about 3 Ό. There are approximately 172-173 engraved dividing lines, six tunes per cylinder. Cylinders are brass. Each has the serial number 1934 stamped on the end. $2,000
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