Penny in the Slot Polyphon

A disc musical box by Polyphone of Leipzig, Germany. Manuafactured in January 1898. Walnut veneered case or typical form plays 19 5/8 inch/50cm discs, 12 supplied. Case restored, mechanism serviced, supplied with a replica disc bin constructed in the manner of the original. £9375

[@STPKEMBERmusicboxes]

Have a look at this www.antique-musicboxes.co.uk/pages/shop/product.html?product_id=218374503&

[@geoffrey6000]

Imagine how much skill went into making these disks by hand. The timing would be so freakin difficult as the diameter changes for each note.

[@samuelkelson2700]

I know right! I cant imagine the patience and concentration that might have come into this!

[@who_cares848]

Well cocaine was legal back then so that probably made it a lot easier.

[@berns.4210]

I thought they were factory stamped?

[@geoffrey6000]

@@berns.4210 Yes, most probably are, but the first ones were hand made.

[@samuelkelson2700]

@@berns.4210 they were? Could you link a video? I would love to see what the process looks like!

[@michelleregis6181]

Its 1899 all over again, it sounds so lovely

[@transgenrights]

damn mans is 123 years old

[@beforeitendsyt]

@@transgenrights lmao

[@spadetheverycool4904]

@@transgenrights wdym he still young

[@transgenrights]

@@spadetheverycool4904 shut the fuck up this was 2 weeks ago

[@Kaasari]

@@transgenrights As if you weren’t already replying to a 7/8-month-old comment, on a six-year-old video (about a 123-year-old contraption).

[@-stye-stickmanbuilder6909]

Honestly I wish they still made antique designs like this, I mean they do, but they are usually custom made and so expensive as big companies always do the most efficient things because people like to be efficient. But the quarter inserting, the interlocking parts, the turning of the lever, it just gives you.. that feeling of this huge, amazing thing

[@NatalieSanguis]

To be fair even back in the day these types of things were very expensive and usually only purchased by the more wealthy people.

[@eladhmarie]

Good things don't come in cheap price don't you know that? So if you are broke you don't deserve this kind of beauty.

[@derp-construction3341]

That was a penny, not a quarter.

[@snakex555]

@@eladhmarie relax thatcher

[@mattmarzula]

@@eladhmarie no. You don't. Improve your situation.

[@joshua210808]

IT’S PIZZA TIME!!!

[@e.conboy4286]

Shakey’s ?

[@TequalHC]

@@e.conboy4286 Spiderman

[@ACEMesa69]

Indeed, it is pizza time

[@leoreyanko]

si

[@KindCanhead]

Yeah

[@00RaveRat]

Only 1880s kids will remember 😔✊

[@isaacm4268]

Fun Fact: The last living person born in the 1880s, María Capovilla, died only 15 years ago, at the age of 116 years, 347 days.

[@HermitKing731]

WAS THAT THE BITE OF 1887!

[@tahfy1615]

Song wasn’t even used in fnaf smh

[@iamyourmaster2565]

A song like this worked well in a pizzeria

[@legendsofweebtopia7699]

@@tahfy1615 what?

[@kapu-kassu5400]

When there was pizza time on 1800's

[@jjmetrejhon1743]

I love things like this that show us that, at every available opportunity, humans have been trying to share music with other humans

[@coreyfellows1945]

Amen

[@kaneeix4529]

all I can think about when hear this song is "PIZZA, PASTA, PUT IT ON A BOX"

[@Timothybrown16qw]

I hear Mini ladd singing

[@CIA.2024-u9b]

Ole, we go with the bus to Barcelona, ole, ole!

[@TheYeek-04]

@@iSketchy i hear him singing to, he was a horrible person but despite that there was still some good memories that the community made

[@TheYeek-04]

@@iSketchy yes was, because i hope he's dead and when someone's dead you use past tense, not present

[@nelliebly6616]

I vision som ballet dancing...fx Harlequin and Columbine

[@STPKEMBERmusicboxes]

This machine was made by Polyphon, a German company. It will only play discs specifically made for this model of musical box

[@ikramqamar7786]

This is so smooth and relaxing, I hope it will be used in a game one day.

[@chaoticevil1425]

It was in spiderman 2, the pizza delivery song

[@user-up5dh4no8r]

@@chaoticevil1425 pretty sure that’s the joke

[@jamesfehr2071]

Grape escape... from the early 90's i believe.

[@poli_zgaming3616]

great ace attorney chronicles

[@MysticianLuna_VG]

@@poli_zgaming3616 noice

[@thewafflegamer6152]

This is both an old record and a meme record

[@mr.master4]

That's why it's called an old meme-machine!

[@Minskpotato]

Oh shit oh shit oh shit! Hitler come pls help us now my pants are soaked in piss!

[@archerygirl1440]

My dad bought my mom one of these from an old pub in Ireland and had it shipped to the states for their "wood anniversary". It's still one of the coolest things that people always ask to hear. We also have 10 different discs all original, but honestly I love this one Irish tune that ours has and we haven't changed it in years XD

[@СветланаКолыбанова]

Как вам повезло, что у вас есть такая штучка! 🤗👍👌

[@cristiyorke9507]

I used to fall asleep listening to my wind up music boxes and toys. The sounds were so crisp. I'd love to have one of THESE at home!

[@darlenebattle2713]

So would I!!

[@joelinpa185]

I have two table models, one with 10 bells, and hearing them in person is amazing compared to any recording.

[@johnfenner347]

Beautiful. Lovely Sounds. I’m not sure we’ve improved on it .

[@SlimbTheSlime]

Of course we’ve improved. This is just a solid version of a midi file and player.

[@mroof523]

I have this song in my playlist, dang i really feel like an appreciator of old music now

[@Hungryj1111]

What is the piece called??!! I can’t figure it out!

[@spiraldj]

@@Hungryj1111 Funiculì, Funiculà

[@Hungryj1111]

@@spiraldj eyyyyyyyyyy thank you!!!

[@Amaru_Afton]

Peter Parker: *PIZZA TIME*

[@Tremmor500]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤣😂 🤣😂 🤣😂 🤣😂 🤣😂

[@Thornbloom]

Peter Puppy's Puppies

[@bohuslav5019]

That is so beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes. My family had a similar music box that was an anniversary gift to my grandmother from my grandfather, but it was stolen from us in the late 80s when I was a small child. We've been heartbroken ever since. Thank you for sharing. I can't get enough of that glorious sound.

[@slukky]

They just don't make 'em like they used to back in the day....

[@michelleregis6181]

no they dont, is that a good thing or bad thing

[@slukky]

@@michelleregis6181 Yes!

[@lolpop2118]

@@slukky "is that a good thing or a bad thing" "Yes!" *so i am confusion*

[@SlimbTheSlime]

@@lolpop2118 I suppose it’s good and bad, then. Good in the way that we’re not forced to use such clunky and expensive machinery just to listen to a handful of music. Bad because it’s now a dead medium to listen to music.

[@madeyoureadmyname3027]

HEY ALEXA! POP IN THE THUNDER STRUCK DISK!

[@Damian_1989]

This really makes you feel like kids felt when riding the brand-new funicular to Mount Vesuvius

[@flyinryan1459]

"Pizza time"

[@ineedabetterusername7424]

Polyphon: *plays Funiculi, Funicula* Peter Parker: *PIZZA TIME*

[@YblockEnthusiast]

Spider man 2 came out in 1899? Holy crap he really do be delivering those pizzas!

[@SuchSweetChaos]

I love how satire this is 😅🤣

[@snottymcsnotdragger2163]

Classic Italian music.

[@darrenhirst9900]

Nothing sounds like these beautiful machines they have a sound all their own. Stephen thank you sir for showing is this beautiful Victorian musical instrument.

[@hannahsmiles7273]

I can only see "Classic songs with Larry" from veggietales when hearing this. Beautiful 🙂

[@wildrosetarot222]

I was wondering if anyone else thought of this. "A GREAT BIG SQUASH JUST SAT UPON MY HAT!" "Oh golly everybody, now what do you think of that!"

[@Paszczakoformis]

Such a wonderful mechanism and mesmerizing sound. How much work has been put to create music box and discs like these.

[@citroenfil]

Absolutely amazing. There were some skilled craftsmen back in the day. Lovely sound.

[@lolalola4585]

Ty for uploading the vid! Really gives you a perspective on how different listening to music was back then

[@ursulafischer2796]

Ist das schön. Sie sind zu beneiden,sowas Herrliches zu besitzen. Ich wünsche noch viel Freude.

[@TheTruthResearchers]

BELLISSIMA!!!! RARE BEAUTY! Thank You⚘🇮🇹🇺🇸

[@madstellaris3176]

I can tell the Italians are gonna love this

[@claudiaficicchia446]

It’s lovely 😍

[@camdenmorris7315]

Seeing the mechanisms is just so fascinating People got really creative where technology lacked

[@N8oRMusic]

That's one hell of a Spotify player. I love it. Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@rolandvonmalmborg1905]

0:41 POL50cm-5085 Funicoli funicola/ Jammo Jammo/ Mit dir allein = Mit dir vereint mit dir allein/ Some say the world is made for fun and frolic/ На качелях [Napolitan/Neapolitanisches Lied/ - Luigi Denza

[@Kekulevonstradonitz]

I thank the owner of this beautiful machinery for sharing to us. Danke an den Besitzer, dass wir daran teilhaben können!

[@robertphillips6296]

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

[@formerx]

What an amazing instrument! Thanks much for sharing it with us.

[@WilburJaywright]

Now, somebody is gonna think I’m silly or I don’t know the classics, but… “A chocolate this, a chocolate that, a chocolate bliss, a chocolate SNAAAACK!” 😄🎵

[@amandas8266]

Oh golly, anybody, now what d'ya think of that!

[@amandas8266]

Well, it is a Silly Song after all! Oh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks of that song every time I hear this tune!

[@peacemaker1317]

Veggie tales lol

[@achair7265]

Take my like.

[@wildrosetarot222]

"A great big squash just sat upon my hat! A great big squash just squished my hat so flat!"

[@severinojunior6879]

Magnífico nunca tinha visto funcionando

[@robobrobo2414]

That will be so cool to own

[@reneebaz6064]

La verdad no tenía idea de la existencia de esa maravilla!!!! Gracias por mostrarla!!

[@marcosmatarazzo8912]

Fulicoli fulicola look at all the channels I'm watching there are some I've already subscribed to this phone is very beautiful this one looks like a watch that is great our enchanted very beautiful even well maintained congratulations!

[@sobanx7179]

I love those old machines

[@neletg]

This is the best stuff I saw in weeks.

[@henrybyrd8381]

IT’S THE PIZZA THEME!!!!1!!!

[@Philipp-Reis]

A beautyful old Musical Box.

[@SammeLagom]

I love the sound!!!

[@DeadKoby]

Making the best automated music with the technology of the time. Very cool.

[@peekpen]

Oh its freakin' beautiful. Wonder if Brian Wilson was privy to this. The timbre is nearly identical to the intro of California Girls - Jay. S.F., CA.

[@Darkstar.....]

I realy wish this guy and his family since they first got the machine looked after it like it would out live them. Just look at the way he slides them over each other. This is the second time iv seen one of these. It was easy to work out how the sounds are being made and knowing that sliding them over each other. No wonder there are so many broken notes and its sad because the level of detail in this one its like hearing an orchestra from an ancient music box. These were shorely made by hand. My trady heart cries for workmanship on this level to be unkowing defaced. Its magic to see it still run but some care should be taken. The manufacturer did not design those original draws to protect them just as convenient storage. You should ad foam and spacers. And those discs need to be repaired while its still possible. Have the peg like parts under the disc straightened out again. Hopefully its not so hardened they just snap off. Better to not hear the note tho then it sound so bad.

[@milandjohnsson6953]

When Spider-Man Noir doing a Pizza Delivery on Earth-90214.

[@infurian-_-3163]

Please tell me I’m not the only one who just got “Vegietales” flashbacks

[@Xavier117]

Solo los niños de hace 100 años recordaran esta cancion (;

[@nichochan8681]

I remember playing Spider Man 2 on the PS2 and delivering Pizzas to this damn song.

[@JimmyNuscule]

I love this music, I wonder if a cool dude would put this song in a video game :)

[@chaoticevil1425]

Spiderman 2 was my favorite game growing up, and this song would make me panic

[@phonegingi]

in love with the big fuck off design

[@lundsweden]

If you were wealthy and into gadgets in the late 19th century, you just know that this would've been on your shopping list!

[@harleygoff1960]

Gorgeous I love thiz song ,

[@steelman86]

What ab out the wooden cob roller organs which went around three times as the spiral gear on the right moved those tiny pins over just enough that when the cob came back around, the pins then continued the song and the third time until the end when a lever pushed it away and into the beginning mode.,! BTW, the pins would pull down on each metal note assignment which pulled the felt away from the base where the reed behind it was making it sound from the bellows. Amazing!!!!

[@高橋昌史-g4f]

とても良い❗️

[@Dancingwolf325]

Anyone remember that one veggie tails song with this song? It makes me sad every time I hear it, cause it was my grandpa's favorite silly song.

[@sleepydrifted]

That's immediately what I thought of 😂

[@amandas8266]

It's called Larry's High Silk Hat! I kinda wanted to go: "Oh golly- uh, what's your name? They never gave me a name. Oh. I've been here since show 1 and I still don't have a name! Now what d'ya think of that?" 😆

[@SuchSweetChaos]

Ive been looking for this song!

[@BrinaFlautist]

ONE DAYYYYYYY HE WAS WAITING FOR THE TROLLEY~

[@amandas8266]

He had a haaat! A high silk haaat!

[@tajci38]

It's Steve from the Repair Shop!

[@mariansadowski2878]

Beautiful

[@cajsheen2594]

Listen! Listen! Echoes sound afar! Indeed they do, see they've gone all around the world! XXX

[@johancaesar]

Pov: ur the first customer and Freddy Fazbear himself serves you the pizza.

[@minecraftbrothersgaming]

Pov: power shuts down

[@gillianclough]

@beolutely beautiful sound. If I won the lottery,this is one of the first things I would buy.

[@anythingoldmechanical]

I could ONLY dream of owning that!

[@Sonictrainkid]

Spiderman 2 pizza theme

[@typhominecraft9110]

This song is just like you're in a forest while snowing outside

[@nugget_life]

I've always wanted one of these they are so pretty

[@trickywily2823]

It makes me happy

[@edwardcarlton]

That is so amazing!

[@gingadreamurr6238]

I’m going to have to do research and add these to my D&D campaign

[@julianachandler2975]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing

[@turkiz8882]

Csodálatos de tényleg !❤👍🇭🇺

[@hugoarana5141]

Hace dos semanas vi uno en Zürich, pero no tan, pero tan completo y grande!!! Viel Spaß!!!! Und grüße aus Luzern!!!!

[@RuckusHuckusYT]

Peppino would be proud

[@austinbevis4266]

How come everything was so much more elegant back then

[@ktheveg]

That's one hell of a piggy bank

[@rawe3000]

Wir fahren in Puff nach Barcelona. Ein echter Klassiker.

[@sedirsaunaa.s.8964]

First juke box of the history.

[@fatherglyn]

is this the one at the Williamson Art Gallery Birkenhead? Wonderful

[@Mathin3D]

I wish I had one of these contraptions!

[@NathansWorld2013]

grazie mille🍕

[@chrisb3976]

Amazing machines :D

[@leounknown7316]

These damn kids and there heavy music !

[@tigerlilyladyperson6398]

Ooooh! It’s wonderful

[@reyrey8413]

“My high silk hat”.....

[@whomerdoodles]

What is this song called? It's so familiar!

[@captaincosmopolitan5163]

Tis the friendly street eight legged gentleman couriering the flat breaded tomato dish symphony

[@ActuallyYes]

Why the sound it sound like Italy militarily some thing AKA called “Funicho Funichla”

[@Noob-ns9vt]

Pizza time

[@shamssanam9888]

vintage life was too tough

[@zardozmania]

Spectacular!

[@R3_En3zyProd]

This is a certified "Peter Parker (Played by Tobey Maguire) Delivers pizza" Classic

[@mx5093]

People in the XIX with out social network, using their brains. Awesome!

[@yucol5661]

Lots go old people or probably said that youngsters where spending money on dumb things like this dumb cheery music. (I myself don’t think it’s dumb)

[@Fisherman8520]

If I flip the pizzas, Mr. Aziz will flip out 🍕

[@randomtexanguy9563]

I can't believe it. It's the song about building a funicular railroad!