Aha! I was tunneling through the storage lockers today, finding the
body and horn to the Victor schoolhouse to ship to someone, and I came
across the first records of the museum, which contain the following
information on the barrel orchestra:
"Eldorado, Antwerp, Belgium, 7-foot solid walnut case, signed
Heubner paintings on doors, 8-song cylinders, snare drum, bass drum,
piano, castanets, cymbals, xylophone, etc."
Now can you tell me what this thing is? Is El Dorado the name of the
unit or the manufacturer? Does that mean we have 24 songs, if we have
three barrels? With this information, can you give me some idea of the
real value of this thing?
Thanks, Kera Anderson
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