NCauctions.com - Auctioned Large Fully Operational Antique Paillard Swiss Cylinder Music Box

[@rolandvonmalmborg9329]

Melody 5. Chimes of Normandy = Bells of Corneville = Cloches de Corneville. It is an operette, from which around 10 different melodies have been spread on Music Boxes. By Robert Planquette 1876, but sometimes arranger Oscar Olivier Metra takes all the credit.

[@rolandvonmalmborg9329]

Since reading the lid tune list, in half-Gothic, makes us analphabets, I add a readable complete tune list, though unfortunately only 5½ melodies are recorded: 0:15min MEL1. The midgets / Die Heinzelmännchen / The Midgets = The Brownies = The mandrakes = the goblins / Les lutins du travaill=Les Gnomes=Les petites lutins. - Eilenberg, 1882 1.03 MEL 2. The Blacksmith shop in the wood= The Forge in the Forest / Die Schmiede im Walde / Le forgeron La forge au forêt = La forge au foret. - Michaelis 1:55 MEL 3. Teresilea Academy.[march] 2:45 MEL 4. Chimes of Normandy: The legend of the bells. Waltz. / Les cloches du Corneville: Nous avons hélas perdu / Glocken von Corneville / / Las campanilas de Corneville / Dzwony z Corneville:/ Cornevilles klockor. - R Planquette 1876 3:40 MEL 5. Die Scheinheilige. Mazurka. - Hellmesberger 4:40 MEL 6. Lucia di Lammermoor: Duetto / Duet. - G Donizetti [ MEL 7. Lohengrin: Prelude. - R Wagner MEL 8. A night in Venice: Waltz / 9. Eine Nacht in Venedig: Lagunen-walzer / One night in Venice: Lagoon waltz / Une nuit a Venise: Lagune valse Valse de lagunes/ En natt i Venedig: Lagunvalsen. - 1883 Johann Strauss jr MEL 9 Martha: M’appari tutt’ amor. Ach so fromm // Ah So Fair =How So Fair = None so rare = Oh so sweet=Oh so good=Ah so pure/ Ach so fromm = Ach wie so fromm/ Ah si douce. - F von Flotow (*1812-83) 10.Gasparone: Carlotta Waltz - 1884 Karl Millöcker (1842-1899)] Greetings from Sweden. roland.von.malmborg”A”telia.com [swap ”A” agaist @. Guard against automatic spamming]

[@ajwaters9877]

How do all those songs fit onto one cylinder?

[@DMahalko]

The pins are in a spiral track around the cylinder rather than straight-aligned as in a one-song music box. If you look at the comb teeth, the plucker tips at the end are tiny. The pins for each comb tooth fits into a tight spiral, in the gap between each plucker tip. I don't know but I expect the cylinder follows a standard screw thread to keep the spiral correctly aligned. Using a split half-nut, the cylinder could be moved anywhere along the bolt to play any part of the melody shown by the tracking pointer.

[@rolandvonmalmborg9329]

Dale Mahalko do not sit in a spiral. After a round, the whole cylinder moves sideways two millimeters, whereby pins from another melody reach the thin pointed comb teeth, while some 7 melodies pass silent between every comb pair. This was also the technique on organ barrels. The only spiral istruments ever made were the roller organs - with one melody per cob, and a version of the Spanish Faventia Llinares miniature barrel piano. If others had used the spiral, one could not listen to more verses of the same melody, which was often desired, and absolutely necessary for barrel organ singers (like me). Roland von Malmborg, Swedens only barrel organ singer.

[@ajwaters9877]

Roland von Malmborg Awesome! Thank you, mate! That makes a lot of sense now that you mention it. Cheers, mate.

[@smithchelle]

My mom has one just like this. Any idea what this thing is worth?

[@ncauctions]

+Michelle Frandsen Smith It depends on condition and exact model. Does it play? $800+ up to several times that if in good condition and working.

[@smithchelle]

+craig casey, it plays, has 5 extra song rolls, and is in perfect condition. I don't even remember seeing a scratch on it. 800 seems pretty low.

[@ncauctions]

well I said that was based on condition, Yours in in good condition depending on maker could be worth several times that

[@a440pianoservice]

Michelle Frandsen Smith lucky to get that in today's market

[@iulianispas8634]

Nice but needs restoring a bit slow some notes are skiping