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Restoring Kalliope Music Box Art Glass
By Terry Smythe

Don Bugh says:

> I purchased a Kalliope Disk Music Box from a local antique dealer.
> It is a coin-op upright model with saucer bells and plays 20-1/2"
> disks.    However, the original glass is badly cracked.

Not sure if I can help, but I have a Model 200 Kalliope disk box with
intact glass.  It uses 65 cm disks, so I presume the glass in mine is
likely larger than yours.  However, I suspect the pattern on mine may
well be an exact scale of yours.  From the outside, the visible portion
of my glass is 18" wide x 27 1/2" high.  You can view my Kalliope at:

    http://www.mts.net/~smythe/kalliope.htm

If it will help a little, I could arrange to have the glass in my door
photographed on high contrast film (possibly microfilm) from which an
exact enlargement could be made to cut a silk-screen to create a new
glass for your door.

Back in 1984, I wrote an article for the AMICA Bulletin on how to
refinish a reproducing grand piano.  One of the elements was replace-
ment of an elegant decal on a soundboard or fallboard.  An option is
the use of a silk-screen process.  I'm uncertain if silk-screen paint
(ink?) will stick to the glass.  Perhaps others on the list may have
better advice.

Another consideration is that original glass of the turn of the century
had imperfections not ordinarily present in new glass.  Finding this
kind of glass could be difficult.  Some years ago, Bill Maier in Salt
Lake City found a source as it related to clock restoration, possibly
still available.  Last known phone number and email address:

  (801) 943-1572
  billm@arosnet.net

Hope this helps a little.

Regards,

Terry Smythe                    smythe@mts.net
55 Rowand Avenue                (204) 832-3982
Winnipeg, MB., Canada   R3J 2N6
http://www.mts.net/~smythe


(Message sent Sat 19 Dec 1998, 20:25:36 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

Key Words in Subject:  Art, Box, Glass, Kalliope, Music, Restoring

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