Current Sales List

WE ARE MOVING OUR INVENTORY TO A NEW LOCATION (A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE OVER A GREAT WATERFALL, COME SEE IT!). THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 ONLY WE ARE OFFERING THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS ON ANY PURCHASES (EXCLUDING THE DISC COLLECTION):

PURCHASE OVER $2,500 DEDUCT 5%

PURCHASE OVER $5,000 DEDUCT 10%

THE ILLINOIS COLLECTION

Mechantiques is excited to announce the acquisition of an old time collection out of Illinois (sorry, the estate won’t let us use the name of the collector) of antique mechanical musical instruments. This collection ranges from disc music boxes to cylinder music boxes, to phonographs and some pneumatic instruments, including some rare pieces. While a number of pieces sold immediately, there are still many fine and interesting pieces left. Read and enjoy! Our regular inventory begins at the end of the “Illinois list” - incidentally, if you are interesting in buying a wholesale lot of 1100 (that’s right, eleven hundred!) original music box discs, read further!

DISC MUSIC BOXES

K-4 Regina Style 8 Automatic Changer With 27” Discs

Beautiful case style, see Page 204 of Bowers, with carved dragons on single door but with no gallery (no evidence that it ever had a gallery). Refinished, mahogany. Interior picture could use replacing. Combs have some surface rust, may have some pitting. Has the regular back (with hinged door), lithograph has been cut to a curved shape. Currently jamming, but everything is there and fine mechanically, but needing some adjustment. With 12 discs. $19,500.

K-7 Polyphon Style 104 Upright 19 5/8” Disc Music Box

See Bowers page 155 bottom center. Without base, pediment, or motor cover. New knob on drawer. Combs discolored. Coin operated but coin mechanism is not shutting it off. Misalignment is causing the drive gear to miss the drive holes in the disc so it is not “playing” but it is “running” fine. Missing damper rails, which is reflected in the very low price - they are available in England. With 12 discs. $3700.

K-8 Miraphone 15 ½” Disc Double Comb Model with Gorgeous Matching Base Cabinet

Rare combination table model, originally played phonograph records as well as music box discs, but phonograph parts are missing. Labeled Lyon & Healey Duo-Empress, having been private label marketed through the department store Lyon & Healey in Chicago. Base molding is off but with the machine. Playing but bass is not playing properly. Includes a very scarce and very attractive original base cabinet for disc storage, very good quality, with columns and paneling and all. Disc cabinets are much harder to find than the music boxes. What a great combination! Will be a very unusual and desirable piece when restored. With 12 discs. (SOLD)

K-55B Reginaphone Style 240 With Lion’s Heads, Sold By Columbia

Beautiful mahogany Reginaphone style 240 with the serpentine case and carved lion’s heads on the corners. This is one that was sold under the Columbia Graphanola name (Columbia made the phonograph parts for all of these Reginaphones). Older restoration, but the bass is not playing properly - needs some combination of adjustment to center spindle, comb placement, or dampers. Combs are very fine, at least one damper, probably more, needs adjustment. Not stopping at end of tune, minor adjustment. Speed control gear is missing. Complete with tone arm and turntable. Refinished with the finish being a little more satiny than the original, very pretty and well done. Missing upright dividers in storage area below, but includes some old phonograph record holders that fit like they are original to the machine. $9200.

K-10 Polyphon Single Comb 15 ½” Disc Table Model

One tooth missing. Floral inlaid lid. Pretty box. With 12 discs. $2350.

K-11 Capital Cuff Box Style B

This is by far the rarest size Capital Cuff box. These wonderfully unusual boxes use a “cuff” style interchangeable music rather than a disc or cylinder, a real innovation but not very popular and as a result quite scarce today. This is an exceptionally clean example. With five cuffs (more available). $5500.

K-12 Symphonion 10 5/8” Double Comb Disc Music Box

Plain black case, leads appear to be bad, double comb, cut corner style bedplate. Front wind. Stencils on case are in poor condition. Crack in lid. 12 discs. $950

K-16 Polyphon 11” Disc Double Comb Music Box

This has been modified to sit upright, has glass on the front, coin slot on top (don’t know if mechanism is there). Not starting. Combs and leads look very good. Double comb, top wind, twelve discs. (HOLD)

CYLINDER MUSIC BOXES

K-22 Exceptional D. Allard Interchangeable Cylinder Box with Six Cylinders and Serpentine Case

With six 15” cylinders. We have had this style and size Allard once before, about eight years ago. Very handsome serpentine case with brass inlay (some is popping out). Excellent combs with some surface rust. Mirror on inside of lid - clearly this was a very expensive music box when new. Excellent combs. The last one had a really exceptional sound when restored. (HOLD)

K-24 G. Baker-Troll Sublime Harmonie 13” Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box

Tune sheet for six cylinders however there is only one cylinder with the box. Missing inner glass lid. Plain case, some veneer problems all around. Eight tune. Four replaced teeth, two tips need replacing, needs regulation. Speed control not working. $2,400.

K-25 Nicole Freres 17 ¾” Cylinder Mandoline Style Music Box

Eight tunes, late example. 129 teeth on two combs. Beautiful large brass and pearl inlay on top. Will be a very fine sounding music box with really lovely arrangements. Mechanism very oily, and runs slowly (thus the extra oil I suppose!). $3400.

K-27 17 1/8” Cylinder Music Box with Six Bells

Twelve tune, coarse comb. With six bells. One replaced tooth. Pretty, large floral inlay on top. Damper squeaks, but will sound very nice. $2,800.

K-28 10 ¾” Cylinder Orchestral Music Box

Has drum, castanets and five bells with flowers on bells and butterfly strikers. Fine combs, zither, many damper squeaks but otherwise playing well. Has had some restoration. Burled case, lid warped, minor veneer problems on case. Damper noise. $2800.

K-31 Mermod Freres 11” Cylinder Music Box

Six tune, new tune card. Four replaced teeth. Restored but has damper noise. Case and mechanism restored, nice box with pretty floral inlay. $1150.

K-33 13” Cylinder Twelve Tune Music Box

Rust on comb, coarse comb. No broken teeth. Inlay is bad. Not playing. $750.

K-34 8 ¼” Cylinder Music Box, Poor condition

Zither. Some tips missing. Ten tune. Lid loose, inlay gone. $200.

K-35 3 ½” Cylinder Music Box

Not playing. Comb good. $75

K-39 2 ½” Cylinder Music Box, Poor Condition

Decal gone off top. Four broken teeth. Added decals. $75.

K-105 6” Cylinder Music Box

Eight tunes. No broken teeth. Decal case with worn decals. No tune sheet. Zither. Not playing - minor problem. $300

ORGANETTES & ORGANS

K-49 Mechanical Orguinette Co. Musical Casket Organette

Six rolls, damaged molding. Needs restoration. $225.

K-50 Massachusetts Organ Company Organina Organette

This is the really neat model, with curved glass - See Bowers page 771, bottom. $650

K-51 14-Note Organette “Musical Casket”

Damaged case, bad stencils. $100.

K-74A English Mahogany Case Parlor Organ

$100.

K-75 Orchestrone Floor Model Organette

Very neat floor model organette. Attractive and ornate case in generally fine original condition (some marring to top, some decorative pieces need to be glued back on). Eleven 8 ½” rolls. These floor model organettes are quite scarce and desirable. $1650.

PHONOGRAPHS

K-54 Edison Black Gem Phonograph

Small nickel horn. $550.

K-58 Edison Home Model Cylinder Phonograph

With horn. Lid missing. $425

K-59 Edison Standard Model “E” Cylinder Phonograph

With horn and case mounted crane. $400

K-61 Columbia Grafanola Disc Console Phonograph

Mahogany. Serial number D20239. $250

K-66 Aeolian Vocalion “Graduola” Phonograph in Bow Front Case

Very pretty and unusual console phonograph in Adams style bow front case. Top needs refinishing, otherwise very nice condition. $450

K-67 Stradivara Oak Case Disc Phonograph

Console. Crank not working. $250

K-71 Brunswick Oak Case Console Disc Phonograph

Stain on top. $250.

K-72 Folding “Picnic” Style Portable Phonograph

Red simulated leather look metal case. $75

MISCELLANEOUS

K-78 Swiss Turkish Automaton Smoker

Mid to late twentieth century, with music box made by Reuge. Imported by Rita Ford. Bisque head? Beard missing. $275.

K-82A Musical Album With Great Picture Of Early Ship

Celluloid type cover, brass trim on corners. Excellent condition. Very neat. $250.

K-82B Musical Album With Buckle Design

White celluloid type cover with belt buckle type design. Brass trim. Excellent condition. $150.

K-82C Musical Album With Cupid Design

Has a cupid in a diamond shaped metal design on the cover. Worn red cloth. Good condition. $125.

K-86A Musical Christmas Tree Base

No cup to hold the tree. Base is 14 1/8” diameter. Winds, but not starting. Marked “Germany”. $125

K-87A Musical Album with House Scene On Paper

Poor condition but complete. $50.

K-87B Musical Album With Metal Design On Front

Very pretty musical album with “Album” in silver metal script design on cover. Red felt with brass trim. Fine condition. $175.

K-104 Books on Mechanical Music

Listed and priced separately.

K-107 Chein Pianolodeon

Plastic Chein toy player piano from the 1950’s (I think). In original box. $200.

K-111 Novelty Musical Religious Painting

Approximately 2’ by 2 ½’. $175

K-112 Modern Reuge Music Box In Sorrento Case

Nice Reuge 2/50 music movement in decorative trunk shape case with faux inlay, some damage to sides, $100.

BEGINNING OF OUR REGULAR SALES LIST

Polyphon 22 ¼” Upright With Barbells

This should be here in about two weeks, call for information.

Mermod Freres Ideal Sublime Harmony Piccolo Cylinder Box with Eight 18” Cylinders and Matching Table

Really lovely large Mermod Freres with eight 18” cylinders stored in a drawer in the music box and a drawer in the lovely matching table with Queen Anne legs. From original family - we are told that this music box was used on a private railroad car of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Co. by Richard S. Brownlee, the great great grandfather of the fellow we purchased it from! Fine original condition except for three broken teeth, three tips broken, one tip replaced, and the table has some varnish bleaching from the sun, and has some minor veneer chips. Needs normal cleaning and polishing after all these years, also the grease in the spring barrel is partly locked up. These large Mermod Freres music boxes are generally considered the finest of the late 1800’s music boxes. (SOLD)

Exceptional Bremond 4-Tune Mandolin Cylinder Box

This is a very fine ratchet wind Bremond with 13” X ~2 ¾”cylinder and approximately 193 teeth! Being a four-tune music box, the comb is very fine. Being Mandolin style, the arrangements are really wonderful. Very fine original condition. Case is 21.5” X 8.5” by 6” high. Tunes: The Wedding March; Ever of Thee; Home Sweet Home; Evangeline. We have not picked this up yet, call for more details. $5800.

Rare Euphonia Short Bedplate 15 ¾” Disc Music Box

You aren’t likely to find another one of these, I think this is only the second we have had in 30 years. Beautiful mahogany case with spectacular metal fittings on all the corners, ornate cast feet (one is broken), escutcheon - certainly one of the prettiest table model disc boxes you will ever see. Rare short bedplate single comb mechanism. This is a very late derivative from the F.G. Otto Company as I recall. Very nice condition, light surface rust on comb, with 13 of the rare Euphonia discs in good condition. Missing bottom of case, no fast/slow lever or mechanism, the worm gear is stripped and the crank threads are stripped, three tears in lid picture. $2,000.

Criterion 15 ½” Disc Music Box with Oak Carved Case

15 ½” double comb Criterion with five broken teeth (only two are grouped) in double comb. Both damper rails are missing. One foot is missing and the lid stay is broken but there. Not stopping at end of tune (lever works as instant stop/start). Carved leaves design on front on case. Crack in square in center of lid. $2100.

Melodi-Pan Monkey Organ

24 key. 14 visible round pipes in front, plus about 19 pipes underneath (one of which looks like a replacement). American tunes. Case marquetry says: “Angelo Bassi; Lodz, 12 Nowo-Lagiewnicka.12; Melodi-Pan. Looks very interesting, much like a typical Harmonipan. $5250.

30-key Trumpet Monkey Organ

Lots of marquetry on the front. Make is currently unknown, however there may well be an inlaid maker’s name under some heavy varnish, which we will be able to check when it gets here. 30-key, 52 pipes (including larger pipes in front, but not exposed). Includes eight trumpet pipes. Looks and sounds like a Bruder or Frati. Music includes a great rendition of “Valencia”, the organ barrel is pinned/arranged like a German market organ. Case is 22 ½” wide, 15” deep, 24” high. Plays very strongly, with a deep rich sound, but needs restoration, including work on the keyframe. Inlaid center design, missing cloth to cover open areas in front. $6,500.

Unusual 22-Key Street Barrel Organ With Two Barrels, Metal and Wood Pipes

Probably Spanish, with 18 metal and 27 wood pipes, early example. Not working but complete and in good condition, requires normal restoration. Includes two multi-tune barrels. “Upright” style with barrel in the lower front section. $4,000.

Capital Cuff Box Style A

Oak, with four cuffs. Recently mechanically restored, plays great. These odd transitional style music boxes are very difficult to find, having been made in quite small quantities (as is evidenced by the low serial numbers). With five cuffs. $3600.

DISCS! DISCS! DISCS! Wholesale Lot Of 1100 Original Music Box Discs

We accumulate discs and never make an effort to sell them. Now we have an excessive stock again after wholesaling about 700 some ten years ago. We are moving to a different showroom (great place, waterfall and all!) and would like to once again wholesale virtually our entire stock of original discs at a bargain price. These range from 5” discs to 27” discs, with the bulk in the 15” - 21” range. There are a total of 1100 priced at $15,000 for the lot. Contact us for an approximate inventory.

Original Mahogany Cylinder Music Box Table

Boy are these scarce! I think this is the first cylinder music box table we have had, separate from a music box, in 3-4 years or more. This is a lovely mahogany queen anne style table with lovely carved curved legs and carved all around. It does not have a drawer, instead it has a sound box with a panel underneath and lyre style cutouts on the top. There is a raised molding around the top edge (to keep the cylinder box from sliding off). The interior of the molding measures 20” deep by 38 ½” wide. The overall measurements of the table are 23” deep, 28 ½” high, 41 ½” wide. Very very difficult to find. $2000.

Beautiful Viennese Gilt Musical Wall Clock

Excellent condition, very attractive, 44cm X 55cmm or 17 3/8” X 21 5/8”. Excellent very nice Viennese cylinder movement from the 1880s. Lovely “Olbrich, Vienna” movement. See Bowers Encyclopedia, page 89, upper right corner, for a similar example. $2,000.

North Tonawanda Cabinet Style Pianolin with Two Ranks of Pipes and Art Glass

Cabinet style. Has replacement glass, has had a full restoration some time ago but needs some “tweaking” to get it playing right, primary problem is a slipping belt. Looks great. With 5 or 6 rolls, and Dick Hack promises there will be a recut project in coming years. Having a piano plus two ranks of violin and flute pipes in such a compact cabinet is really great. See Bowers page 538 upper left corner. $10,500.

Porter Italian Bombe Inlaid 15 ½” Double Comb Music Box

This is one of the great new music boxes made by the Porter Music Box Company in Randolph, Vermont. This is in the very decorative inlaid Italian bombe style case with curved sides. Made in 1981, in excellent condition. $4800.

Olympia 9” Single Comb Disc Music Box

Plain case, two broken teeth. Runs slowly, 9 discs, unusual separate drawer for discs that music box sits on, oak - should be refinished. Lid stay incomplete, lid closure hardware missing. $1200.

Musical Desktop Clock With Painted Face

Lovely ball shaped clock with music box, setting on receptacle with legs (including one that also acts as the key). Beautiful painted or enameled scene on face. Markings: Dioishein-Goldschindt; Fils & Co. Swiss; Fab. Suisse; Metal Dore; La Timbale Enchantee; Fab. Suisse; Metal Dore. Very pretty piece, probably early 1900’s. $900.

Jean Billon-Heller Interchangeable Cylinder Box

These are typically delightful sounding, loud and very bright - although this one is not playing at this time, since we have not had anyone to look at it. Has six 6” cylinders stored in a section in the bottom of the case with a flip down door, each cylinder is marked with a paper strip with three tune titles on it (although the snail has six points). In generally good condition but with four broken teeth, needs new worm gear, case needs some gluing, and the center inlay is missing on top. Case is 15 ½” wide, 10 ¼” deep, 9” high. $1850.

North Tonawanda Military Band Organ Style 173

See Bowers page 910. Similar to Wurlitzer 150. Lots of brass trumpets. Converted to Wurlitzer 150 rolls. Double tracker bar. This is a big, strong brass trumpet military organ - you’ll wake up your neighbors with this one! Working very well. Measures 30” deep (plus 3 ½” for pulley), 71 ¼” high (plus 4” for casters and 20” to top of tallest drum on top), 48 ½” wide (plus 4 ½” to edge of pulley in back). $24,000.

Cylinder Music Box With Hidden Drum

That’s right, hidden drum - no bells. This originally had hidden bells as well but they are missing, although the bell comb is still there. Very pretty case with large floral inlay, warp to lid, beautiful brass handles and large brass escutcheon. Case is 25” wide, 10 ¼” deep, 9” high. Cylinder is 15” x 2 ¼” with 9/84/6 teeth, one broken, some surface rust. Smooth bedplate, SN 43396. Plays, very bright lot of damper noise, should be repinned, no tune sheet, probably eight or ten tune. $1400.

Goodale Console Phonograph playing Celluloid Strips

Unique, complete with copies of patent papers. Floor model, two horns, lots of brass, you will never see another. $12,500.

Table and Cylinders Only For Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box

How depressing, we have this lovely original table, with two drawers, for an interchangeable cylinder music box, along with five very nice 14” eight-air mandolin cylinders, and the original tune sheet for these and several additional cylinders. But no music box. If you have the right music box, this lucky find will more than double its value. $3500.

Early Brass Recording Telegraph Machine

Beautiful large all brass recording telegraph machine. Complete with wheel for paper inside drawer below. Made by Siemens Brothers & Co., London, #24079. $1650.

Seven Huge Cylinders, No Music Box

What a great music box these cylinders must go to! There are seven, they measure 19 ½” by about 3 ¼”. There are approximately 172-173 engraved dividing lines, six tunes per cylinder. Cylinders are brass. Each has the serial number “1934” stamped on the end. Call.

CYLINDER MUSIC BOXES - Good, Bad, and Indifferent!

1. 10 Tune, 13” cylinder, has tooth repairs, needs tuning, ratchet unattached, tune card, 23”W X 8 ½” D X 6”H. $900.
2. Ten tune, 10 ¾” cylinder, zither. 35 broken tips, surely needs repinning. Governor needs rebuilding, spring may have a problem. Tune card, torn around edges. Nicely inlaid lid, case is 20 ½”W X 10 ½”D X 6”H. $500.
3. Three Bell Box. 6” cylinder. Tune card. New support board for bells. Eight tune. 8 broken teeth! 17 1/2W X 9 ½”H X 11 1/2D. Handyman special. $400.
4. J. Thibouville Lamy. Ten tune with tune card. One broken tooth. 10 ¾” cylinder. No glass. Large black mar on lid. 21”W X 9”D X 6 ½”H. $1,150.
5. 13” Cylinder. No tune card. Early case ratchet model. Probably 12 tunes. Good comb, damper squeaks, plays well. Will be quite nice despite coarse comb. 21 ½”W X 9”D X 6”H. $1,450.
6. Three Bell Box. 6” cylinder, good comb. Tune card. Plays, damper squeaks. 14 ¼”W X 9 ¾”D X 8”H. $1,100.
7. Zither Harmonique Piccolo. Six tune, 13” cylinder. Tune card. Three broken teeth, zither loose. Looks rough, needs full restoration, but has lots of potential. 22 ½”W X 9 ¼”D X 5 ½”H. $1,350.
8. Ten Tune. 13” cylinder, tune card. Damper squeaks but a good comb and will be very nice when restored. 23 ½”W X 9 ½”D X 6”H. $1,400.
9. Rough Keywind. Finish stripped, about one-third of lid veneer/inlay gone, case needs regluing. No tune card. 10 7/8” cylinder. Surface rust. Runs. 17”W X 5 ¼”H X 6 1/4D. Should restore well. $900.
10. BHA 3-Bell Box. 7” cylinder. Bee strikers and flowers on top of bells. Amateur repairs to 8 tips or tops of teeth, out of 34 teeth. 12 tunes, very nice tune card. Plain case, no inlay, 19” wide, 7 ½” high, 11 ½” deep, inner dividers missing or partly replaced. Surely needs repinning. Another real handyman special, but mechanism is complete and it is only $500.
11. Sublime Harmonie Eight Tune with tune card. 11” cylinder. 18 teeth and 23 tips broken out of 76 total teeth. Surely needs repinning. Nice case with inlay, crack in part of lid. Needs repinning. Potential. $400.
12. Small Late Mermod Freres Cylinder Box. 3 5/8” cylinder. 6 of 25 teeth broken. Right side winding key missing. Case 14” long, 4 ¾” high, 7” deep, painted black. No tune card. $125.

Columbia Graphaphone Model BQ

Nice original working Columbia Graphaphone, larger size with enclosed motor, working but no horn, would have had back bracket, with six cylinders. $450.

Edison Sheraton Console Phonograph Style C150

Nice Edison console phonograph from around 1917. $350.

Edison Fireside Model A Cylinder Phonograph

No horn. Serial number 87265. Has a Recorder head instead of a reproducer, marked “G” and “8”, missing stylus. Case needs refinishing. 2/4 minute. There is a crank with it but it doesn’t seem to be the right one. $325.

Bedplate for Edison Home Phonograph

Bedplate and mounting board for Edison Home model cylinder phonograph. No motor, no reproducer. $150.

ORGANETTES!

We still have some organettes left over from the famous Doc Abrams Collection (see Bowers Encyclopedia pages 768 - 773), as well as our normal stock of several pieces. Following is an abbreviated list, call if you are interested: Bijou Orchestrone, wrong cranks, one hinge missing, $650; Ariston, 24 Note, 13” cardboard disc (only one), inappropriate replacement crank, splits in case, $325; Gem Roller Organ, needs work, $400; Gem Roller Organ, $450; Chautauqua Roller Organ, nice case, good stencils, barely works, $650; Automatic Melodista, $550; Musical Organette, Mctammany design, $300; Celestina, very nice, wood off crank, $800; Mascott, (On Hold). Mandolina (same as Celestina), fine condition, plays, $800; Three Concert Roller Organs: 1) glass missing, crank rusty, stencils 80% with especial wear or bleaching on the right side, good unrestored condition, $625, 2) Playing but a little weak, nice stencils, $675, 3) disassembled, needs some case work, a real project, with one cob, $150; Rolmonica and three rolls, very nice condition, $125. Autophone, the extremely early hand squeeze variety, needs restoration, with four strips of music, $350.

Rare “Musical Table” Organette by The Mechanical Orguinette Co

See page 61 of McElhone’s “The Organette Book”. A rare and wonderful walnut table that has an organette in it. Two doors underneath swing open so you can pump the organette while you are writing on the table or even playing cards! What a wonderful piece! I have never seen one of these before. $2800.

Rare “Boudoir Stand” Organette, Incomplete

Wonderful and scarce organette in the unusual “boudoir stand” or “sewing case” cabinet, floor standing. Missing the center section of the top lid (wood with cloth on the outside, maker’s stencil on the inside), plus another wood piece. With 10 original rolls. $750.

Watling 1c Twin Jack Pot Slot Machine

Pretty Watling in the “Treasury” style cabinet only the somewhat plainer version without cast coins. Damage to left edge of top casting and to wood base, glass broken, otherwise appears complete (damaged in shipping). $1200.

Watling 5c Twin Jackpot Vendor Gold Seal Slot Machine With Stand

Some repainting done (poor job). Missing lock. The reel strips (fortune reels) and award paper looks too good to be original. Stand is modern but very nicely made out of heavy cast iron, very decorative Victorian style. $1600.

Pianista Book Operated Piano - Mechanism Only

Probably out of a horizontal style cabinet with hot air engine originally. Lots of music books. $3,400.

Tanzbars!

We have two of these, 2 ½” roll size, reddish faux mahogany finish, one roll each, rewind cranks missing. $850 each.

Automatic Harp

This is an “Automatic Harp” made by the Ward-Stilson Co. of New London, Ohio. A small wood instrument that looks sort of like a harp, 21” high by 10” wide, has a small music box type movement in it. Finish is fair. $275.

Rolmonicas

We usually have one or two of these in stock at $125 each with three rolls.

Mesmerizer

I would almost be willing to bet that you have never seen one of these. About 26” high, frame made of fine brass, sort of instrument quality fittings. Has a circular mirrored concave piece, small mirrored pieces like a dance hall rotating mirror ball, and a “globe” or “lantern shade” style piece with jewel glass pieces, with a light bulb inside it. The heat from the light makes the jeweled “shade” rotate and the jeweled glass reflects off the mirrored piece. Supposedly came from a dentist office in Kansas City and was used to “mesmerize” patients so they wouldn’t feel the pain! You can believe what you want, but this is a really wonderful piece of Americana. Probably late 1800’s. $2200.

Brunswick Console Phonograph

With rare 3-way reproducer. $350.

The Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments by Q. David Bowers

Great 1000 page hardbound “bible” of antique mechanical music. Regrettably, we are down to under 15 copies left out of the original order of 500. Price is now $125 postpaid in the U.S. I doubt it will be reprinted and I believe we now have the only remaining new stock.

BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

We have lots of books and other paper material related to mechanical music. We don’t list these, but will try to work with you if you are looking for something and can’t come here. We have copies of Barrel Organ, Clockwork Music, and many others.

DISCS! DISCS! DISCS!

We make no attempts to sell discs other than when someone buys a music box and wants extra discs. As a result we have well over 1,000 discs in stock of various makes and sizes. Heavy concentration in Regina, Stella, Mira. If you want to buy in quantities of ten or more with no list, email or call us and we’ll send you a price list. Otherwise, please stop by and you can go through them. We also discounts for very large quantity purchase.

Mechanical Music Wanted To Buy - One Piece Or An Entire Collection

We are continually in the market to buy items to resell. Please let us know if you are thinking about selling. Quick decisions and quick payment - no risky and speculative consignments. We only buy outright.

Mechantiques - Marty & Elise Roenigk

The Crescent Hotel & Spa
75 Prospect Avenue
Eureka Springs, AR 72632

Phone: 479-253-0405
Fax: 479-253-0406

e-mail: mroenigk@aol.com