Paris, May 1st 1997

On May 11th, 1997, there will be an auction of mechanical music in
Chartres (France) -- 45 lots of mechanical music items, amidst them :

  A 60 keys and 4 stops Gavioli cylinder organ (ca 1880)
  A large Symphonion vertical music box (diam. 62cm, 196 teeth in 2 combs)
  A 52 keys Gasparini Fair Organ

Inquiries :
  Chartres : Hotel des Ventes (Auction House)
  http://194.51.169.1/gazette-drouot/annonceurs/chartres/annonces1.html

(Chartres is 1 hour from Paris by train or highway, and has a magnificent
gothic cathedral)

You may too have a look at some instruments either at :

   http://www.cnam.fr/museum/musica_mecanica/

Then click on News 97 (English version) and look at the Calendar of
Events, at the end of the comments article, at May 11th, Chartres.  Links
are made with the 3 main instruments offerd at auction.

Or the complete catalog (French description, the English version doesn't
seem to work well), with some photos, at :

    http;//www.encheres.com/prog/aiguille.cfm

Click on "Presentation du catalogue", and then on "Musique Mecanique".

Best regards,

Philippe Rouille (Paris, France)
rouille@cnam.fr   http://www.cnam.fr/museum/musica_mecanica/