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.
(Blemishes Shown In The Photos Above)
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.
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