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FS: Mechanical Music Instruments in UK
By Kevin McElhone

I am clearing out some more instruments of my own as well as stock
items and also helping some retired friends of mine to sell off some
instruments.

1. Gem Roller Organ -- NOT restored, all reeds speak; with a few cobs.
£325.

2. English Automatic Seraphone 20 note Organette + 4/5 rolls, bellows &
exhausters renewed, including the rolls.  £550

3. Kalliston -- dismantled, no reed block or reeds, vary rare model
with 24 reed notes plus 2 bells & drum with 4 beaters [drum missing],
10 pieces of excellent condition music.  Generally good condition, no
wood-worm.  £675

4. Amorette 24-note large metal disc playing organette (12-inch
diameter discs).  Made in Germany.  Plays quite well, 2 reeds need
tuning or possibly just cleaning, including a supply of discs, _not_
woodwormed!  £350

5. Unusual 14-note paper strip/roll organette, in ornate decorated
case, can be played in or out of the case + 1 roll (more usually
available).  Excellent condition, some case wear, no worm.  £475.

6. Cotswold 14-note paper strip organette, made c. 1984 by Peter Watts.
Solid oak case, plays loudly.  £275

7. 28-note Tanzbar (my right arm is not strong enough to play it,
including selection of new rolls.  £725

8. Liebmannista -- a machine for playing tunes by numbers, in chords,
on a reed organ, including 2 books of music.  £295

9. Holiday Symphonion disc musical box _with six bells_ plus metal
discs, new:  £140


Belonging to members of MBSGB not on-line:

10. Gem Roller Organ, fully re-covered bellows, plays loudly, nice gold
stencils, including 6 cobs (more available).  £595

11. Melodia 14-note paper roll organette, recovered bellows, nice gold
stencils, with 7 rolls.  £475

12. Monopol 12-inch disc musical box with 12 discs.  Lively lid
picture, plays very well, nice tunes.  £950

13. Imhof & Muckle drawing room barrel piano, re-strung, two x 9 tune
barrels, lovely walnut figured case; located N. London.  £600

14. Street barrel piano on cart, 48-note, 10 Music Hall type tunes
previously used by London Perly King/Queen, including cart;
Located Sussex.  £2,000

15. Yamaha Disklavier, Model MX0100A -- acoustic piano with computer
disk play & record system, transmitter PPR-10 (remote control).
Several hundred tunes included.  Spotless black polished casework,
works perfectly, owner moving soon.  Located near M11 Cambridgeshire.
Cost £8,500 -- would take £4,200

16. Barrel pipe organ, fully restored, playing mostly Spanish tunes,
nice inlaid case work; located Birmingham UK.  £3,500

Kevin McElhone
Northampton, UK


(Message sent Mon 20 Dec 2004, 21:13:35 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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