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"AUTUMN OFFERINGS" FROM KEITH HARDING'S

A SELECTION OF QUALITY ANTIQUE MUSICAL BOXES, CLOCKS AND AUTOMATA, CHOSEN FROM OUR LARGE STOCK AND RECOMMENDED AS SPECIAL PRESENTS FOR SOMEBODY REALLY SPECIAL.

The antique musical boxes we offer for sale are internationally renowned for the exceptionally high quality of their appearance and their musical performance. All the items listed below have been carefully selected for their potential quality and then put into the most superb possible condition in our world famous workshops. They are ready for immediate dispatch to our satisfied customers in all parts of the world. All prices are inclusive, and every effort is made to give good value and service.

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No.
Description
Price in UKP
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M2218
Early key wound Nicole Freres number 17724 playing six ballads on 26.5cm. cylinder and original tune card. Comb stamped "F. Nicole". Plain fruit wood case with no end flap over the controls. Geneva c. 1837.
£2,850
S1222
Six air musical box, probably by Baker Troll, Geneva, (no tune card) Serial number 6997, c.1875, lever wound, 21.8cm. cylinder, red interior, floral marquetry on rosewood lid. Excellent tone and musical arrangements.
£2,900
S1219
Dawkins/Bremond six air, original coloured tune card, 15.5cm. cylinder, simulated rosewood case with boxwood lines.
£1,950
S1220
Large upright coin operated Symphonion style 92 in a superb walnut case with the name inlaid in brass, with original base containing discs 25" diameter, and a gallery. 192 teeth in the two opposed music combs
Price on application
S1221
Rare autochange Polyphon with sixteen bar type bells and a rack for ten discs, with a tune selector in the front. Coin operated. Fully overhauled
Price on application
M2211
Large organ box by Samuel Troll of Geneva, 17 key double reed organ, 8 light operatic airs listed on original card, 33cm. cylinder, good floral marquetry.
£4,950
M2210
Key wound Lecoultre 12 airs alternate tips, original key and tune card, no.23309 c.1850. Case with end flap and marquetry
£2,950
M2209
"Bells, drum and castanets visible" musical box, 10 popular airs listed on coloured Isle Rousseau tune card, Geneva, 33 cm. cylinder, Marquetry lid
£4,950
K2170
Rare 50cm. disc table Polyphon, two combs 118 notes as in the upright model, superb case with carved mouldings, shaped figured walnut panels and marquetry panel on the lid, as in 15_ duplex (see M2214). This beautiful instrument comes with its original table with four turned legs at the corners supporting shelves for the discs.
£8,500
S1218
Good Paillard Vaucher Fils 12 airs, original card, c.1884, 33cm. cylinder, zither, rosewood lid with simple floral marquetry
SOLD
S1215
Style 42R table Polyphon, serpentine walnut case, 58 tooth comb, supplied with ten discs 11_" (28.1cm.) and winding handle.
£4,995
S1217
Nicole Freres "Mandoline" musical box no. 50201, gamme 2574, 34.5cm. cylinder, 12 operatic airs listed on original card, marquetry on rosewood
£3,950
M2202
Portable street barrel organ signed Thibouville Lamy but probably made by Marenghi of Paris c.1905, 17 key action, 6 airs including Champagne Charlie, three ranks of pipes (two metal one wood), rosewood veneered case, leather carrying strap.
£7,500
M2084
Eight day long case clock, the 13" painted dial signed "Albino, Bourton-on-the Water", with seconds hand and date sector, circa 185. Oak and mahogany.
£4,500
S1212
Early "dog model" gramophone, the Gramophone and Typewriter company model number 3, with original brass horn and concert soundbox. Overhauled.
£1,950
M2200
Lecoultre musical box, original key, six dance tunes listed on original tune card, cylinder 22cm., rosewood lid, lid and front inlaid boxwood lines.
£2,400
M2195
High quality Victorian mahogany trunk dial wall clock, English, dated 1849, the 14 inch white dial with cast brass bezel, five pillar double fusee movement striking on double gong, probably by Thwaites. 68.5cm. (27") high.
£2,900
M2187
Very impressive Bremond mandoline musical box, large 41.5cm. cylinder, eight airs, original tune card. Superb case veneered rosewood on lid and three sides with king wood banding, and elaborate marquetry in coloured woods on ebony grounds, musical trophies on the lid, floral front.
£3,950
S1210
Impressive upright coin operated POLYPHON, model 105, with 10 discs 62.5cm. (24_ inch), walnut case with gallery and good reproduction disc bin.
£12,500
M2217
Upright coin operated POLYPHON, supplied with ten discs each 19_ (50cm.) diameter, in a walnut case with turned front legs, complete with coin drawer and original pediment. A matching disc bin can be supplied if required
Special price;
only £8,500
More Boxes Here
We also stock a number of choice musical automata, such as

A violin playing clown

A ballerina by Rouillet et Decamps,

A smoking Turk by Lambert

Several singing birds in cages

A banjo player by Gustave Vichy

other instruments for sale include

a Faventia barrel piano on a cart with an awning

a barrel piano orchestrion

Keith Hardings World of Mechanical Music, The Oak House, High Street, Northleach, Glos, England, GL54 3ET
Phone: +44 (0)1451 860181 Fax: +44 (0)1451 861133
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