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NEW Mechanical Music & Steam DVD films - £6 each
2 films per double sided disc. [usually 55 mins + per film]
Please ask if you would like more information on content.
1.Appleby Fair 2000 +
World Of Mechanical Music No.2 - Ted Brown + Rye Treasury Museum
2.A Festival of Transport + Fred Dibnah - Getting Steamed Up.
3.A Festival of Tractors + Great Dorset Steam Fair 1995
4.Music Boxes - Keith Harding + National Museum - Utrecht, Netherlands.
5.Traction Engines at Work [Dorset Steam Fair] + Modern Farming.
6.Model Railways + Commercials, Rollers & Motorbikes. [Dorset Steam Fair].
7.Heavy Haulage 1995 [G.D.Steam Fair] + Heavy Horses.
8.Continental Organs Vol.1 + Vol.2. shot in Europe.
9.The Dutch Steam Fair [Almere] + The Great Yorkshire Show.
10. Truckfest - East of England, Peterborough +
World of Mechanical Music Vol 1. St.Albans + Burville Mortier.
NEW Text Books - in stock now.
additional titles - usually always have some on order
please ask if you would like regular updates?
A.On Display - was launched at £18 - my price £15
UK Fairground Organs - A4 hardback.
128 pages, fully illustrated including 45 colour pictures.
A Celebration of 40 years of Fairground Organ Preservation
Arranged by Country of manufacture; history of use etc.
Full details of current UK organ builders.
8 page glossary of terms.
B.American Carousel Organs £30
by Ron Bopp. Hardback, 280 pages
Many illustrations, some colour pages.
Chapters about USA makers De-Kleist, Wurlitzer,
North Tonawanda, Niagara, Artizan. Carousel makers
with Index, Glossary, Bibliography.
C. The Music Box Makers £55
History of cylinder & disc musical box production
in St.Croix, Switzerland by Jean-Claude Piguet.
Hardback, 332 pages. approx A4 size. B & W pictures.
1.From Watches to Music Boxes: 1808 - 1831
2.The Workshop Aristocracy: 1832 - 1853
3.A time for Organisation: 1854 - 1875
4.The Triumph of large music boxes: 1876 - 1896
5.The Century divide: 1897 - 1907
6.Crossing the Desert: 1908 - 1945
7.The Triumph of the small music boxes: 1945 - 1985
8.A time to restructure: 1985 - 1995
9.The Music Box Industry in St.Croix today.
The Music Box Manufacturers.
Appendices. Credits. Index.
D. Restoring Musical Boxes & Musical Clocks £35
re-print published July 2005. 10" x 7 1/4"
By A.Ord-Hume, hardback. 368 pages.
1.Workshop Requirements & Skills
2.Restoring Cylinder Musical Boxes
3.Repinning Musical Box Cylinders
4.Restoring Disc-Playing Musical Boxes
5.Miniature Musical Movements & Singing Birds
6.Types of Musical Movements found in Clocks
7.Restoring the Carillon Movement in Clocks
8.Restoring Small Pipe Organs in Musical Clocks
9.Restoring the Dulcimer Mechanism in Clocks
10.Restoring Cases
11.Documentation, Display, Demonstration & Conservation.
Appendices include
Glossary
Mechanical Musical Instruments & their components
Music for the Musical Clock
Musical Theory & Principles of Tuning
Suppliers of Restoration Materials
Disaster Survival
Bibliography & Index.
E. £75 each [weight 2.7 kilos P&P = £7.50].
The Golden age of Automatic Musical Instruments
large A4 format, hand-back, quality paper.
by Art Reblitz. 436 pages, 330+ illustrations most in Colour.
1.Why Automatic Music
2.Music Boxes.
3.Mechanical Organs & Pianos.
4.European Orchestrions.
5.American Nickelodeons & Orchestrions.
6.Violin-Playing machines.
7.Reproducing Pianos.
8.Fairground Organs & Dance Organs.
9.Photoplayers & Theatre Pipe Organs.
10.The Pioneer Collectors.
11.Collectings Instruments Today.
Appendices.
1.Collectors Groups & web-sites.
2.Converting original prices to todays.
3.List of Manufacturers, Brand Names & Distributors.
4.Musical Scales [50 + pages]
Glossary / Bibliography / Index.
F. New Book - Published 2004 - written by ME!
"MECHANICAL MUSIC", published by Shire Publications here in England
2nd Edition with COLOUR pictures, ALL different from 1st Edition.
[All 4,500 of first edition sold out, now updated & 16 pages longer].
A good general introduction, lists all UK museums & societies at the back,
sections on Musical Boxes, Player Pianos, Indoor Organs,
Outdoor Organs & other instruments.
Now increased to 48 pages, 115 colour photos & charts,
£6 cheque to UK addresses
$15 cash / dollar bills to USA
12 Euros cash / banknotes to Europe.
see review at
http://www.ask.co.uk/redir?qsrc=2004&q=mbsgb&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mbsgb.org.uk%2f
G. NEW BOOK - Limited edition - only 180 left now.
"The Organette Book" by Kevin McElhone.
Hardback + Dust Jacket - 112,000 words - Gloss Art paper.
770 pictures 440 pages, 16 in full colour.
over 560 different models over 190 types of music book, roll, disc etc.
tuning scales, restoration tips, makers and agents, patents.
What is an Organette?
Family Tree.
The Organettes - Alphabetically by Name [250 pages]
Noveltiy Items
Comparison of Scales
Identification of Music
Identification of Instruments
Titles made & Tune Lists
Storage of Music
Speed of Operation
Makers, Agents, Retailers.
Makers of new rolls,books,cobs,boxes.
Catalogs
Museums
Tips on Restoration - By Ted Brown.
Table of 562 models.
Patents.
Terms used, Index.
Price £55 + postage. (£7 to UK addresses, £8 Europe
[at 1.12.05] £9 USA by Surface mail, £15 USA by AIR mail).
H.The Musical Box - a guide for collectors by A.W.G.Ord-Hume.
343 pages, large format c.11 x 9 inches, high quality paper.
many hundreds of photos, diagrams, colour section. £59.95
Chapter Headings. LAST copy
1.Mechanical Musical Instruments.
2.The Birth of the Musical box.
3.Miniature Musical Movements.
4.How Musical Boxes were made.
5.Evolution of the Cylinder Musical Box.
6.Cylinder Musical Box Development & repair.
7.Styles & Types classified.
8.The Disc-Playing Musical Box.
9.Classification of Disc/Musical Box styles & types.
10.Survey of Musical-Box Manufacturing Nations.
11.Advice for Collectors.
12.Conservation, Preservation & Restoration.
13.Index of Makers, Inventors, Vendors & Patentees.
Appendix
1.Patents & Patentees of Musical Boxes.
2.Musical Box Tune Sheets - guide to identification.
3.Musical Box Valuation.
Bibliography.
Index.
I.Automatic Pianos and The Orchestrelle - Published 2004
Hard-back. By A.W.J.G.Ord-Hume. LAST copy
£69.95 + Postage - weight without packaging 2.6 Kilos.
504 Pages, 603 b/w illustrations, 43 in colour.
Chapter Headings.
1.A Brief Introduction to Mechanical Musical Instruments.
2.The Earliest Automatic String-playing Musical Instruments.
3.Barrel Pianos - History, Development & Manufacture.
4.Mechanical Player Actions & the Birth of the Pneumatic Player.
5.The Technical Evolution of the Player Piano & its Industry.
6.Perforated Music & the Wrath of the Copyright-Holders.
7.Sales Peak, Social Influence, & the Decline of the Player Piano.
8.How the Pneumatic Player Piano Works.
9.Expression Pianos & Electric Actions.
10.Reproducing Pianos - Their Evolution & Performance Claims.
11.The Music Roll - Piano Repertoire & Presentation.
12.The Player Piano in the 21st Century: High-points & Weaknesses.
13.Looking after Automatic Pianos & Music Rolls: Tools & Skills Needed.
14.Conserving the Barrel Piano & Adjusting it's Music.
15.How to Play the Player Piano Artistically.
16.Roll Playing Reed Organs - The Aeolian Orchestrelle.
17.Restoring & Playing the Aeolian Orchestrelle.
18.Living with the Self-playing Piano - Care & Maintenance.
Appendix.
1.How they sold Player Pianos - Adverts of the Day.
2.List of Makers, Main Agents, & Inventors of Player Pianos.
3.List of Principal Player Piano Brand Names.
4.Music Roll Makers & Brand Names.
5.What's it Worth? Valuation & Price Guide.
Support Organisations for Player-Piano Enthusiasts.
Bibliography.
Index.
J.Singing Bird Tabatieres - pub 2000 at £100 - now £60
by Geoffrey Mayson. 256 pages. hardback.
most illustrations in Colour.
15 Chapters - please ask for full listing.
K.Automata. The Golden Age 1848 - 1914.
2003 originally £100 - now £75
350 large format pages.
Many ilustrations in full page colour.
4 sections, many chapters.
plus Facimile catalogs - please ask if you need full listing.
l.Duo-Art - complete catalog by Charles Davis Smith
£35 Complete listing of all Duo-Art Piano rolls made,
hardback - 325 pages. by Artist, Composer, Title.
USED Text Books
I have the following hard-to-find text books for sale,
all in good condition. [more coming in most weeks].
Musical Boxes by Gilbert Bahl.
Soft cover, nice coloured pictures - nearly new cost £9 - take £6.
Discovering Mechanial Music - T.E.Crowley £4
House on the Rock catalog / guide £10
Audio Cd's - factory sealed/new. £8 each
Christmas on the Wurlitzer - £8 - ask for track listing.
Nigel Ogden at Wurlitzer Cinema Organ - pub.2005
"Rogers & Hammerstain Songbook" 23 tracks.
Sound of Music, South Pacific, King & I, Carousel.
Paul Roberts "Viva Las Vagas"
Worlds LARGEST Theatre Organ Console - 6 manuals !
13 tracks, 42 tunes, including selections from
Oliver, Snow White, Van Heusen etc.
Street Organ Favourites
98 key Gavioli & De-Leeuwin Street Organ at Thursford.
Saydisc £12.50 each - ask for scan of tune titles & instruments.
This company ceased production on retirement but I was able to get some old stock.
Golden Years of Music Hall
Victorian Musical Boxes
Audio DOUBLE Cd - factory sealed. £12 each
The Cinema Organ Collection - 2 discs.
40 tracks, historical recordings by Sidney Torch, Reg Foort, Sandy McPherson,
and other organists in large Cinemas in London, Liverpool, Brighton, etc.
Audio Cd - £10 Each - New in 2005
Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ - Selection 1
UK's largest at 21 ranks.
Playing rolls recorded by famous organists of the day
c.1910 - c.1920 - 16 tracks. Played by.
1.American Fantasie V.Herbert Firmin Swinnen
2.Liebesfeud. Kreisler Rollo Maitland
3.Romance Op.45,No.1. Grunfeld Aeolian Organ Guild
4.Intermezzo in Db. Hollins A.O.G.
5.At Dawning. Cadman Archer Gibson
6.Meadowbrook Foxtrot. Kraus A.O.G.
7.Rudolpho's Narrative. Puccini A.O.G.
8.Murmuring Zephyrs. Jenson A.O.G.
9.Dragon Flies. Shelley Composer
10.Ride of the Valkyries. Wagner A.O.G.
11.Deed of the Pen March. Moret. A.O.G.
12.Les Sylvains Chaminade A.O.G.
13.Noel & Variations. Daquin. Marcel Dupre
14.Coppelia selection. Delibes A.O.G.
15.Andantina in Db. Lemare Composer
16.Pomp & Circumstance
March No.1. Elgar. A.O.G.
Audio Cd - £10 Each
Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ - Popular Music
UK's largest at 21 ranks.
Playing rolls recorded by famous organists of the day
c.1910 - c.1920 - 17 tracks. Played by.
1.So Long Mother van Alstyne Aeolian Organ Guild.
2.Shades of Night Friedlan A.O.G.
3.A Kiss in the Dark. V.Herbert A.O.G.
4.Dengozo Nazareth A.O.G.
5.Wedding of Painted Doll Brown Lew White
6.Burlesca Americana Henderson Archer Gibson.
7.Ol' Man River Kern Emil Velazco
8.Sizilietta Waltz von Blon A.O.G.
9.When You Come Back Frey A.O.G
10.Hindoo Dance Shelley Composer
11.Whistling Lil. Foxt. Monard A.O.G.
12.A Garden in the Rain Gibbons Marvin Abbott
13.Two Cuban Dances. Lecuona Lew White
14.Texas Foxt. Guion A.O.G.
15.The Whistler & his Dog. Pryor. Lew White
16.Nola Arndt Emil Velazco
17.Calicoco Frey A.OG.
Audio Cd - £10 Each
Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ - Salon Music
UK's largest at 21 ranks.
Playing rolls recorded by famous organists of the day
c.1910 - c.1920 - 13 tracks. Played by.
1.Chant D'Amour. Stojowski Aeolian Organ Guild.
2.The Dying Poet Gottschalk A.O.G.
3.Dawn & Nocturne Sheldon Composer
4.Minuet Shelley H.R.Shelley
5.I Hear You Calling Me. Marshall A..O.G.
6.March of the Gnomes Stoughton Harold Gleason
7.Marcheta Schertzinger Archer Gibson
8.Pale Moon Logan A.O.G.
9.Serenade Toselli Firmin Swinnen
10.Indian Love Lyrics 1 + 2 Woodforde-Finden A.O.G.
11.Indian Love Lyrics 3 + 4 Woodforde-Finden A.O.G.
12.Serenade in A. Pierne A.O.G.
13.Victor Herbert Favourites. Herbert. Lew White
Audio Cd - £10 Each
Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ - My Favourite Blue Amberols
UK's largest at 21 ranks. a hand-played Concert of popular tunes,
includiing one track of Phonograph plus organ !
Father of Victory March; Roses Bloom for Lovers;
Where the Edelweiss is Blooming; Basket of Roses;
On the Mississippi; Where did you get that Girl;
The Wedding Glide; Asthore;
Ma Curly Headed Baby; Smilin' Through;
In the Shadows; Every Little Movement;
Song d'Automne; Ciriciribin;
Nights of Gladness; Havanola [Have Another];
I Love You; Maybe She'll Write Me;
Girl of My Dreams; Trail of the Lonesome Pine;
Margie; My Sweetie Went Away;
You Made me Love You; Silvery Bells Medley [4 tunes].
Audio CD - Hildene - Aeolian Pipe Organ built for son of
£12 Abraham Lincoln - mostly hand-played
by 3 different organists. 34 tracks in total.
small selection of titles
Improvisation on Tristan & Isolde
Hornpipe - Handel's Water Music
Amazing Grace
America the Beautiful
Cradle Song
Moonlight in Vermont
Wine Women & Song [music roll]
Trumpet Voluntary in D Maj. Purcell
Wedding March - Midsummer Night's Dream
Ode to Joy
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
If you were the Only Girl in the World
To a Wild Rose
How Great Thou Art
Minuet in G Maj A.M.Bach
In a Shanty in Old Shantytown
In the Good Old Summertime
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Pomp & Circumstance March No.1. E.Elgar
A Parting Blessing + a few others [total 34]
CD Recordings made in USA £10 each in paper envelope.
I have imported 50 copies in total of the titles below.
[Please ask if you want a scan of the tune list].
Hupfeld Violina A 11 tracks
Wurtlitzer Style "K" Photoplayer 27 tracks
Philips Paganini Orchestrion 6 tracks [Overtures so still 70 minutes long]
Hupfeld Helios Orchestrion 20 tracks
Reproduco Pipe Organ / Piano 13 tracks [shorter length so only £8]
Wurlitzer Organette 24 tracks [Pipe Organ & Piano combination]
RECORDINGS - 4 CASSETTE TAPES - ALL 90 minutes.
1. Instruments playing added BELLS.
Polyphon 36cm / 14", double combs + 12 bells
Cylinder Box, 6" cyl, 8 tunes, 3 bells - English Music Hall tunes.
Cylinder Box, 12" cyl, 8 tunes, 5 bells + Drum.
Polyphon 8" + 6 bells [from bass tracks 2 - 7].
Polyphon 9 3/4" + 6 bells [accompaniment tracks].
Kalliope 23cm + 6 bells - NEW c.1980.
Clarabella table barrel-organ + 8 bells - 6 tunes.
Kalliston Organette, 24 double reeds + 4 bells.
90 minutes - £7.00
2.Model "Y" Orchestrelle, 8ft tall, reeds of 16 8 4 + 2 ft pitch.
1st time played in 30 years during & after restoration.
90 minute tape - played & recorded by me - £6.00
3.Organette "Mega" tape 38 instruments many rare ones, recordings sent to
me by contacts all over the world & also many recorded by me here in UK.
90 minutes long £6.00
Catalogs - available on CD as below.
To view on computer or print as you prefer.
A. Aeolian instrument catalog 1897 + factory tour & how they were
made, a copy of a very rare item! £7
B. Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ in the English Home,
sales catalogue and details of installations. 52 pages.
a very rare original £7
C.1925 Duo-art Piano technicians Instruction / Trouble shooting booklet. £6
D.Aeolian-Hammond Roll Playing Organ - rare 1938 brochure
(they only made 200 instruments) £4
E.Aeolian 58 note organ roll catalog, Numerical Sequence, 150 pages
Plus scans of 27 roll catalog covers, at total of 177 pages - £25
F.Aeolian 116 note organ roll catalog, three sequences, by number,
by title then by composer for full cross referencing. 130 pages £18
G.Aeolian Duo-Art Pipe Organ 176 hole organ roll catalog, four sequences,
by number, by title, by composer, by player for full cross referencing.
Including details of roll Bulletins as well. 115 pages. £18
H.The Orchestrelle Company - details of all their outlets in all countries,
including a picture of a player piano being carried by a Camel. £6
I.Aeolian Organs, seven suction + pressure models plus details of outlets £6
J.Instruction Booklet - How to Play the Aeolian Grand. £4
K.Aeolian Adverts and sales brochures -
scans of 63 pages, many illustrated. Ideal for framing £12
L.Aeolian Organs - scans of 190 PHOTOS of Aeolian Reed Organs,
plus 49 photos of internal parts - reed boxes, valves etc.
from small suction models to huge examples with two keyboards.
Colour - £20
M.1923 Ampico Inspectors refence book 20 pages.
plenty of diagrams and explanations - Upright models. £5
N.Wilcox & White - selection of 2 catalogs, one for organs,
one for combination organ/pushup piano players,
plus some advert scans and 70 PHOTOS, including
Bellolian, Phoneon and Mustel player reed organs. 114 scans £18
P.Polyphon disc musical Box catalog - scan of rare/late 1909 catalog
shows models with bells and those in Schatullen / Jewel cases £6
I have have the following German catalogs available on CD at £12 each.
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(Nancy Fratti charges $98 for the 1898 one in printed form!).
buy all 3 for £30 to clear them out!
Most have several hundred pages / illustrations on them.
A.Ernst Holzweissig retailers catalog [partly in English].1893 - 94
B. on one disc, 4 Orchestrion catalogs
- 2 Wolfgang Blessing + 2 Ambrosius Weisser
C.Zuleger & Mayenburg retailers catalog 1897 - 1898 = all sorts of
instruments
A Singing Bird, NEW, clockwork, made in China - great fun - £10
Birds usually 'Canary' yellow / red / blue.
Sample copy of "The Music Box" which is the magazine of 'The Musical Box
Society of Great Britain - £2 including postage to UK addresses.
Victorian Toys - NEW copies [photo available]
Jacobs Ladder - multi-coloured, sold wood - £4 each
Cup and Ball £3.00 each
Pop-Gun - all wood - £3.00 each [£5 for pair].
Push Base Animals - push the base, animal dances/moves £1.50
Push Base People in costumes - larger size £2 [12 types available]
Musical Box Movements - 18 note, hand turned £4 each
Happy Birthday / Pop Goes the Weasel
Brahms Lullaby / Twinkle Little Star / Magic Flute
Old MacDonald had a Farm / Magic Flute
Love Me Tender (Elvis) [other tunes available]
Spinning Musical Top - £1.50 each - 4 different colours/tunes to choose from.
Clockwork Plastic Monkey/Dog / Penguin / Mouse/Frog/Aeroplane - £1 each
REPRINT CATALOGS - photocopies of rare original catalogs.
NEARLY SOLD OUT - only 1 or 2 copies of each left -
when gone some will be replaced with catalogs on CD - see above.
1.Music and the Player Piano. the Higel Player. £4
2.The Wurlitzer Organette - actually a Photoplayer,
with pipes and twin rolls.
catalog of this 'new' instrument, 1927, 18 pages £5
3.Wilhelm Bruder Sohne -
30 page catalog of street hand turned barrel organs
of 20 notes to 36 notes. Large book & roll players 40 to 54 note.
professionally re-produced in Germany £6 each.
4.English Automatic Seraphone - roll catalog £4
I can usually supply music for
Amorette, Ariston, Cabinetto, Celestina, Gem Roller Organ
Mignon, McTammany, Mech Orguinette, Tournaphone,
Intona, Ariosa, Phoenix, Seraphone
Polyphon, Symphonion, Kalliope, Lochmann, Thorens/Reuge and many
others, please ask for current lists.
High Quality Plastic bags to take Musical Box or Organette discs
11" size £8 for 10
15 1/2" £10 for 10
19 5/8" £15 for 10.
12" Vinyl L.P. Sleeves £9 for 10
PIANO ROLL BOXES - please ask.
This is a big discount on prices from other disc sellers here in UK
as I do not have to charge VAT tax.
Discount for 50 bags plus.
Please ask for any or all of the current lists below
which give details & prices of items available.
1. Piano / Organ /Organette rolls - including NEW Laguna rolls.Duo-Art/88/65 note
2. Instruments - Musical Boxes, Organettes + 50 instruments on consignment
available from my friends/customers - what are you looking for?
3. Usually over 100 Musical Box Discs in stock - many types.
4. MANY types of Organette music - ask for lists.
5. Wanted - Polyphon 70G, (21cm) 73G (36cm), 74G (45cm) discs.
