The traditional auction of mechanical music and automata will take
place in Chartres (1 hour from Paris, France) on Sunday, May 17th,
2015. Circa 86 lots are for sale, including
- 24-note Ariston with many discs
- Bremont, cartel-like "Mandolin Harp Forté"
with 5 interchangeable cylinders
- 49-key Limonaire, to be restored
- A rare Sirion musical box, plays 36 cm discs, each disc contains
two different airs selected by moving the pivot of the disc
parallel to the axis of the star wheels.
- Boite de gare "station box" coin-op, 8 tunes
- Symphonion table box 45 cm with 8 discs
- Harmonia table musical box, 41 cm projection-less discs (20 included)
- Orgue de salon, 22 keys, 5 registers, to restore
- Mignon organette, with 5 rollers, to restore
The catalog, in French, is available at
http://www.ivoire-france.com/chartres/automates-musique-mecanique-phonographes-machines-sous-art-f-4330.html
Robbie Rhodes, MMD
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