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Extremely Rare "Magic Mirror" by Reuge in Switzerland
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$4500.00 Sale Price $1995.00
This incredible music box is actually a mirror, incased in a gold leaf frame. However,at the touch of a button, the music of a perfectly tuned 50 note swiss Reuge mechanism begins to play one of 2 different tunes. At the to touch of another button, the silver mirror dissappears to reveal what appears to be a ballroom filled with dancers. As the music plays, the dancers twirl at different timing and their feet move as if dancing. Inside the Magic Mirror, behind the red velvet curtains which are drawn to the sides, are two couples dancing with a multiplying mirror effect behind them to give the illusion of a full ballroom. These little dolls were made by hand by Madame Marthe Phillaparte in Paris reflecting costuming of dancers of 1780... The tiny flowers were from her own garden. Their handmade costumes, typical of the 1700's, are done in period silk with real dried flowers. On the the front of the gold leaf frame is a small brass placque with the inscription "Danseaurs 1785". Click here to see the video of the magic mirror Video 2 Gold Leaf frame with a brass engraved placque Two Dancers in silk costumes with real dried flowers Dimension: 10 3/4" H x 14 1/2" W x 6"D Tunes: 2 tune 50 note Swiss Reuge mechanism ~ MOZART MINUET AND BOCCERINI MINUET Small wear on the silvering in the front right corner. Approximate date of manufacture - 1989-1992
Item #6050R

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Rare 30 Tune Cylinder Music Box
$3,500.00
Extremely rare music box from the 1890's. Swiss made by Mermod Freres, maker of some of the finest cylinder and disc boxes ever produced. With beautiful inlay, this box is in extremely mint condition and is around 120 years old. The music is crisp and clear, with no broken teeth or pins. The 30 tunes on one cylinder are accomplished by pinning each tune for 1/3 of a cylinder revolution! The average music box of this size has only 8 to 10 airs (songs) per cylinder, this one has 30. These extremely rare music boxes are sought after for their novelty, uniqueness and engineering. Reasonable offers will be considered. Please email musicboxcompany@comcast.net Size is: 26 1/2"Wide c 10" High x 13" Deep Cylinder size is: 10 3/4" Long

1897 Antique Swiss Made Stella Console Disk Music Box
by Memod Feres

$9,650.00

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Memod Feres, founded in 1816 and for many, many years one of Switzerland's premier makers of fine cylinder boxes, entered the disc music box field in the 1890's. The firms principal products were the Stella, a music box wich used discs without projections. In America, Memod Feres products were sold through the Jacot Music Box Company of New York City. Surviving Stella music boxes are rarely available today. The Memod insturments are generally of superb tonal qualtiy and are considered to be among the finest disc-type music boxes ever made.

This handsome and artistic mahogany cabinet, decorated with victorian design scroll work, combines the music box and the stand in one. The lower part is subdivided by a number of verticla partitions, for greater convenience in storing the musical discs. The cabinet measures: 3 feet tall x 2 feet .33" W x 1 foot 3/5" Deep. The music box is on the original casters for easy movement. This beautiful disc player comes with 75 discs measuring 17 1/4" in diameter. The #268 model was one of the most popular models produced.

The Stella Music Box offered here has double combs for a glorious sound that will resonate throughout your home.The only blemish this collectors piece has, is a watermark on the lid and one broken tooth, no other repair marks.
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Stella #268 Disk Player Song Selection
A Hot Time In The Old Town	Narcissus Song
Air De Louis XIII	Nearer My God To The
At a Georgia Camp Meeting March	Old Black Joe
At Supper	Old Oaken Bucket
Ave Maria	On A Tree By The River
Barber of Seville	Poet and Peasant
Consolation	Put Me Off At Buffalo
Das Wettrenen	Rigoletto
Der Obersteiger	Robin Hood
Die Hugenotten	Rock Of Ages
Dixie Land	Santa Lucia
Ernani Resue Me	Southern Roses Waltz
Funeral March	Spring Song
Henrietta, Have You Met Her	Standchen Serenade
Irish Washerwoman	Stephanis Gavotte
Isabelle A Gal Who Is One Of The Boys	Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Kathleen Mavoureen	Tannhauser
Killarney	The Bells of Corneville
Kiss Me, Honey Do	The Czarina Nazurka
La Serenata	The Holy City
Last Rose of Summer	The Runaway Girl
Lucrezia Borgia	The Warmest Baby In The Bunch
Lustige Bruder Walze	Traumeri
Mich Verlangt Nach Dir, Mein Schatz	Valse De Chopin
Money Musk	You're Not The Only Pebble On The Beach
All Disks are stamped with the original Memond Ferres name and year of 1897. Most have the Swiss/German names as well as the English translation.

Item # 268


Empress Disk Player
$10,750
THIS BEAUTIFUL EMPRESS, MANUFACTURED BETWEEN FROM 1898 THRU 1907, WAS RESTORED BY ALLEN ERB 15 YEARS AGO. IT PLAYS PERFECTLY. BUYER TO ARRANGE FOR AND PAY FOR FREIGHT. LYON & HEALY OF CHICAGO SOLD THE ''EMPRESS'' BRAND. THEY USED MIRA,(MERMOD FERES) SWISS MOVEMENTS. IT PLAYS AN 18 1/2 '' DISK AND IT COMES WITH 18 DISKS. CABINET IS WALNUT. THIS MUSIC BOX IS SHOWN ON PAGE 125 IN THE ''ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS''

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144 Note Sublime Harmony Swiss Reuge Limited Edition Music Box
$2,735.00
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This incredibly rich looking and sounding music box is virtually a "One of a Kind". Only 100 pieces were ever made of this lovely music box. The musical mechanism is a rare 144 Note Sublime Harmony, manufactured in Switzerland by Reuge. It has 3 tunes on the one cylindar. Each revolution of the cylindar is one melody and then it shifts slightly to begin the next song and then again for the last song. Because of the many notes available on the cylindar, the melody is extemely harmonious and full. The lustrious "Piano Finish" on the box is many layers of hand buffed laquer. The handsome case is hand inlaid wood and handcrafted in Sorrento Italy. On the lid of the box are praying hands inlaid into the wood. This piece is #45 of only 100 pieces ever made. Mint condition with the original box. Plays: Rock of Ages, How Great Thou Art, and What I Friend We Have In Jesus. Size is: 14 1/2" W x 4" H x 6" D
Item #1977MU

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