Full Orchestral Antique Music Box

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11 жыл бұрын

A large and impressive full orchestral antique music box made by George Baker of Geneva. This box has everything going for it: 6 individually engraved and partly enamelled bells featuring an array of birds and flowers; a snare drum with six beaters; castanet; a retractable 18-note reed organ; 2 zither bars; large double springs for longer running time; speed control; and a tune selector. The drums, bells, castanet and, unusually, the organ can all be engaged and disengaged at will. The entire musical movement has been fully overhauled.
The box plays 12 operatic airs including Cavalleria Rusticana and Wagner's Wedding March. The case is veneered in beautiful bird's eye maple with a floral inlay to the lid, rosewood banding and boxwood stringing. It has the additional extra of its own purpose-made table. Very much a spectacle music box.
More details and images here: www.vincentfreemanantiques.com...

Пікірлер: 152

@77thTrombone 7 ай бұрын

Never heard an organ box before. Exquisite piece in exquisite condition.

@patrickrwhite8354 7 ай бұрын

We had one when I was little it was over 200 years old and my cousins lost it in the fire. So sad.

@uriah4491 7 ай бұрын

Only hospitals have them these days. However, you'll get in trouble if you open one without permission cause that means they have to throw it away.

@77thTrombone 7 ай бұрын

@@uriah4491 🤣🤣🤣

@earthlightsmusic2743 7 ай бұрын

The Bornand Collection includes a music box with a reed organ, as well as a drum.

@jeffreyyoung4104 6 ай бұрын

@@uriah4491 I call those things, LUNCH!

@NorthernMan932 7 ай бұрын

I had no idea such a wonderful thing even existed, I can only imagine the level skill and patience it takes to make one.

@QuietTie885 Жыл бұрын

Everything was fine and dandy until I saw just how many pickets there were on the comb, holy

@tsuwaque 7 ай бұрын

eighteen? what comb exactly?

@SilverDreamweaver 5 ай бұрын

I think you mean the barrel, not the comb. And those are just notes (when combined with the comb, ofc), so not as tedius as you'd think.

@jjk1443 5 ай бұрын

Respect for the creators of these instruments, for their imagination and knowledge

@loocile 10 ай бұрын

Music boxes make me so happy

@mrs.g.9816 7 ай бұрын

That's beautiful! Wonderful that the music box was lovingly restored. I imagine that before the invention of the phonograph, only rich folk could afford music boxes, and the machine would sit in a special place in a parlour with potted ferns and nicely draped tall windows. I enjoyed this video, because my mom had given me an LP record, "A Music Box Christmas", in which several Christmas or religious tunes were played by about three or four different music boxes. I play this album every Christmas.

@evangelinekeeley3531 7 ай бұрын

As soon as I saw this post, before I even played the video, I thought of a similar record my parents had. It might even be the same one! Does yours have "O Sanctissima" on it? That is the only tune that readily comes to my mind. I wonder whatever happened to that album? 🤔

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 7 ай бұрын

I think some poorer people could just about afford them , but it would have been a very big purchase, something that they would have saved up for for many, many years; and even then, buying the rolls compatible with the machine wouldn't have been easy, and still expansive - I can only presume that after placing the same tunes over and over again, they'd start to get on your nerves after a while, no matter how good they sounded upon first listen. Now I can buy a CD second hand for next to nothing, and play it on a system that's easily affordable. But this machine still has a beauty and craftmanship, and sound that makes it special.

@lancasterblvd2010 18 күн бұрын

I think some of the music from your LP record is also the same music that is played for the holiday BGM on Main Street at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom.

@MrDaraghkinch 7 ай бұрын

It's amazing to think of a time when recording and reproducing audio was not conceived. Technology progressed towards autonomous live performance. One wax cylinder and an industry died, as many more were born.

@elliottbronstein1214 Ай бұрын

It was conceived. This was the evidence. Just not fully achieved

@deborahjohnson5168 Жыл бұрын

This music box reminds me of the old fashioned merry - go - round rides in Golden gate park, and the old Playland at the beach (In San Francisco ca. ) merry - go - round ride . .They were the most beautifully made , and sounding merry - go --round rides ever built .They sounded very much like this music box , but at a louder volume .. made in the 1800's or earlier !?? They do NOT make things like they used too... Thanks for sharing this phenominal music box !!

@jesib7526 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I never knew there were any like this!

@user-di4bx2sw5l 5 ай бұрын

Чудесная шкатулка! Какой красивый звук! Сразу это ощущение старины, сказки...

@MishimaToshiro 2 жыл бұрын

What a marvelous jewel!

@queenofdramatech 7 ай бұрын

For those that are curious, the song is Au fond de temple saint from La pecheurs de perles the opera.

@ericalbany 4 жыл бұрын

Best tone I've heard from an organ box

@thesingingorganistelorgani5154 7 ай бұрын

The Ave Maria. Beautiful.

@chrisgibson8882 7 ай бұрын

Ça m'a même mis les frissons🥶🥰

@ingasparrow 7 ай бұрын

Yes! Me too!

@robertballuumm730 7 ай бұрын

The absolute genius and skills it must have taken to make this is extraordinary! 🤔🙄🙏🇬🇧

@daveluttinen2547 7 ай бұрын

My grandmother had one very similar. She sold it to a relative. Listening to it was such a treat and this brought back a flood of memories.

@stevegarcia1796 7 ай бұрын

The amount of genius behind these contraptions is mind-boggling 🤯👍

@godfreyberry1599 5 ай бұрын

Not only did one have to be a musical maestro but a mechanical engineer and cabinetmaker of note too - absolutely multi talented at the highest level.

@BitSmythe 7 ай бұрын

Nice, but I wanna hear something with ALL the instruments!

@jiminnorthdallas1227 7 ай бұрын

Ah, the wonders of old mechanica!

@njm3211 7 ай бұрын

A testament to human ingenuity. Amazing

@anythingoldmechanical 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

@jasmijnariel 8 ай бұрын

Wauw this isnt next level, this is next universe❤

@KingPhilipsRideshare 7 ай бұрын

Wario moment

@AiOinc1 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful machine

@econecoff1725 7 ай бұрын

Nice! I didn't see the drum on the left used. Does it do other tunes?

@HNY2SING 6 ай бұрын

The unique Reed Orgon where you can see in the center in between those two combs sounds like an accordion.

@MrDaraghkinch 7 ай бұрын

It's basically a miniature version of a fairground organ. Everything miniaturized except the mechanism of music encoding.

@lesliespann6420 3 ай бұрын

Magical! 💚

@miorieser3210 7 ай бұрын

Das ist noch Qualität!

@gregzoller9003 7 ай бұрын

Interesting! At first I was thinking the timing is too fast for this piece but then realized they have to fit the tune onto the cylinder.

@MrDromedary 7 ай бұрын

Регулятор скорости воспроизведения, кажется - располагается в ближнем правом углу, стрелка стоит посередине между "медленнее" и "быстрее".

@vivabrescia339 7 ай бұрын

Favoloso ❤️💖

@Unknownlll123 2 ай бұрын

I've never seen one of those before but it's a beautiful compact little thing and whoever invented it must have been a genius in their own right. ❤❤❤.

@LukeBrower-ov6dp 5 ай бұрын

I need. I want. You have no idea how much I’m going to research on this

@HERWATCH 7 ай бұрын

WOW,,, LOVELY ❤.

@tom_something 3 ай бұрын

If you add "Ave Maria" to the title and description, this might give the visibility it deserves. The arrangement seems to be based on the melody Gounod re-re-re-remixed over Bach's Prelude in C Major. If you sprinkle some of those words into your title and description, you'll catch a few folks who are thirsty for alternative renditions of familiar tunes. 200K views after 10 years doesn't seem like enough. More people should see and listen to this, even if by accident.

@johnettipio 7 ай бұрын

This is incredible!

@DiegoMachado1 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful!

@isaacerickson6312 7 ай бұрын

Go see the House on the Rock in Wisconsin. I think it has the world's largest collection of automated music boxes. Totally amazing.

@1Immortalmortal 7 ай бұрын

Gorgeous

@m.a.nugent8278 7 ай бұрын

Wow! What an incredible treasure!

@robinschwartz6977 7 ай бұрын

The box and the music are beautiful!

@Savetheworldfirebidennow 8 ай бұрын

Bravo! Encore

@petermilne4243 8 ай бұрын

That’s so cool. Thank you. God Bless.

@YARCHLRL 7 ай бұрын

WOW...... The artistry is amazing

@jackgibson511 7 ай бұрын

What a beautiful creation

@michaelmorrissey1052 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank You

@justforever96 7 ай бұрын

What's amazing is that they put this much genius and effort into making this thing, and then it just plays one single, very basic, very short song. That's all it will ever play.

@kabouktli 7 ай бұрын

A beautiful, luxurious, useless toy for adults. You can go on for years admiring the exquisite work that was needed for making it, - and that's all it offers!

@--Mar 7 ай бұрын

The Description says it plays 12 operatic airs.

@kirbywaite1586 6 ай бұрын

@kabouktli You don't appreciate much, I would guess.

@host_theghost507 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful

@jonnda 7 ай бұрын

I'm disappointed that we didn't get to hear the percussion section. (Referring to the wood block and small drum)

@stephenedwardleemusic8997 7 ай бұрын

amazing!!

@UNSERALVUJUDE 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@RedcoatsReturn 7 ай бұрын

Sooooo beautiful! 😲👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊👍👍

@fstover5208 7 ай бұрын

Great specimen.

@litoboy5 7 ай бұрын

Lovely

@Maimai-ih1bx 7 жыл бұрын

Ave Maria (J.S.Bach/Gounod)

@Punticiclo 7 ай бұрын

Excelente.

@earthlightsmusic2743 7 ай бұрын

Always wondered how the reed organ got its wind -- surely the mainspring for the playing barrel could not spare the energy.

@javoman13 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man!

@Teachering 7 ай бұрын

I love the look of this Orchestral Music Box but I am not too keen on the sound it produces.

@steelman86 8 ай бұрын

Is this one of Virgil Fox's boxes that Sandy Fleet owned before passing?? Beautiful!!

@leonardgibney2997 7 ай бұрын

Must be worth a fortune. Very nice

@CiroPeixoto 7 ай бұрын

Fantástico 😳

@senshiendo 7 ай бұрын

Esa si que es una cahita de música orquestal increíble😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤

@user-yr4om4jw4p 8 ай бұрын

Yes

@Silversorcerer 7 ай бұрын

I was only mildly amused, until the full set of harmonies struck at :45 secs. Then I literally went, "ah!" and sighed contentedly as the piece finished. What a marvelous little music box!

@renegadeflyer2 7 ай бұрын

Digital music from the past.

@shmendrickswamii5914 7 ай бұрын

Freebird!!!!

@jrzzrj Жыл бұрын

👍 different!

@Victor3D_com 6 ай бұрын

There is the cylinder with digital record like MIDI-file, that controls the instruments.

@rebecasanchez4830 4 жыл бұрын

Si así se escucha bien bonito, en vivo se ha de escuchar hermoso, muchas gracias...

@vfreemanantiques 4 жыл бұрын

Gracias Rebeca

@reivax5742 7 ай бұрын

I want to hear those drums!

@gregbouchard414 2 жыл бұрын

U do a rally good job on here mate keep up there good work on here mate form greg

@vfreemanantiques 2 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you, thank you

@gregbouchard414 2 жыл бұрын

See ok mate

@Dentrodaluz 7 ай бұрын

Lindo

@lkm250 7 ай бұрын

Bell sound ok, but how mouth organ was played? Where was 'wind' source?

@thedarkside_ofmartha 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@AWizardAndaMouse3432 7 ай бұрын

Dang, where can I see one of these?

@RememberOfWasted 7 ай бұрын

👍🏼🙏🏼 Maybe, more andantino on speedwalve?

@danielebigi5925 7 ай бұрын

❤

@garyfrancis6193 7 ай бұрын

What will they think of next?

@ramiroalvarez5397 7 ай бұрын

Cool 😎 robot music 🎶 machine!

@frithjofmeyer730 7 ай бұрын

Eine aufwändige handwerkliche Arbeit! Aber - ehrlich gesagt - schön anzuhören fand ich dieses "Ave Maria!" nicht.

@Toobula 3 ай бұрын

I can't see how the organ / strings sound is made.

@bug3518 7 ай бұрын

really cool! Was the percussion ever functional or was it ornamental?

@SpitfireRoad 7 ай бұрын

Thougt something similar.. Far right there's a wood block with 4 beaters. Surely other songs/combs use this.

@HildeTheOkayish 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! Would it be possible to see the organ in action?

@frogsnack7072 7 ай бұрын

Did you play with sound on?

@thedancingalien7766 7 ай бұрын

Mmm😮😮😮

@robcat2075 7 ай бұрын

Only six bells?

@FrancisTierra 7 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@vickieevenson9309 Жыл бұрын

Would this be more considered a small Calliope rather then a music box?

@TomIannucci22 10 ай бұрын

The difference would be a calliope would use pipes rather than the metal chimes, I guess you would call them.

@MilavInc 5 жыл бұрын

I have this. Please Suggest where to Repair this ? and Value of this ?

@Danny-gu8rs 3 ай бұрын

Ahh.. Ave Maria -Bach/Gounod

@gypsy981 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I purchase something so beautiful

@vfreemanantiques 3 жыл бұрын

Please see our website for the music boxes we currently have available for sale: www.vincentfreemanantiques.com/antique-music-boxes If you are interested in anything in particular, please contact us by email via the website. Thanks in advance.