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LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL ORPHEUS BOX
With elaborate etched glass front
Tlus beautiful Orpheus music box is a real showpiece. It is floor
standing and will do justice to any finely furnished room. The front is
made of a very elaborately etched glass window with with a musical
muse, floral scrolls, curlicues, and other fancy artwork all frosted on
the back side of the pane.
The lacy etchings on the front of the
Orpheus are truly beautiful! The rest
of the box is of high quality, too.
The musical mechanism consists of four combs, two on each side of
the star wheels. The combs are set up in a forte-piano arrangement with
one comb on each side haviqg fine small teeth (for soft passages) and
the other comb on each side with large teeth (for loud passages). The
instrument uses 22 5/8" Orpheus discs, a supply of which come with it.
The Orpheus measures 4'9" high and stands on its own legs. The
width is 2'4" and the depth is 1'7". It is coin operated via a slot on the
right side.
The instrument plays nicely and has a fine tone. It will be a credit to
any collection. 51495.00 (Stock No. ORP-2494)
MUSIC BOX REBUILDING AND REPAIRING
We can repair (or recommend an excellent repairer for) any
instrument offered for sale in this listing. We'll gladly quote an estimate
on any instrument of interesL Likewise, we can refinish a box to your
order - high gloss, satin finish, or whatever. Another service from H&B.
-Terry Hathaway
-Q. David Bowers
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If you have the discs, we have
the box! This box can be a
bargain for you if you have a
supply of Stella music now or
are willing to wait until some
discs are found.
OISCLESS STELLA MUSIC BOX
We have no discs for this 15Yz" Stella box, so if you have some you'll
save lots of money! The instrument is a Style 102 Stella in an attractive
mahogany case measuring 2'2" high (lid open), 2' wide, and 1'6" deep.
An attractive lithograph of a midnight steamboat race on the \Iississippi
decorates the underside of the lid.
We can't report on how this instrument sounds as we have no discs,
but we can say that the mechanism stops and starts correctly and runs
smoothly. The comb appears to be in good order. A buy for the dealer
at just $295.00 (Stock No. STE·2354)
A SUPERB CHORDEPHON
Automatic zither...
This is a really outstanding automatic musical instrument! It is a
Chordephon, an automatic self.playing zither manufactured circa 1891\.
Chordephons were manufactured in a variety of styles. Most were
rather small, possibly a fifth the size of this one, and required
continuous cranking by hand. Others were somewhat larger and were
mounted in an upright cabinet of similar appearance to the 19 5/8"
Poly phon case.
The one we offer here is a table model which is operated by inserting
a coin in a slot in the top of the richly finished mahogany base. The
Chordephon is powered by a strong spring and operates automatically.
The music is furnished by sixty piano strings, the larger ones of
which are copper wound, which are played by a picking mechanism
actuated by projections on the underside of the ste!'! discs.
The tone of the Chordephon is rirh, resonant, and haunting. It
sounds, believe it or not, just like a real zither! The scale of the
Chordephon is very large, so the musical arrangements are very
elaborate. It is not just a gadget (which is what we thought it might be
before we heard it play) but an outstanding automatic musical
instrument! It is a lot of fun to listen to, and with the nearly 20 discs
(each measuring a large 20" in diameter) with it there is a great variety
of music.