Hello MMD,  A friend who lives in Manchester bought a very large
orchestrion in 1990.  It is an Atlantic and has a plaque to the front
that says Hupfeld.  It has two barrels, each playing 10 tunes, and has
the piano, xylophone, bass and snare drums, cymbals and a set of wooden
organ pipes.  It is about 8 feet high and has a large weight at the
back to drive it.

It sounds wonderful, even though it has not been tuned since Andrew
Pilmer tuned it in 1990.  He says he paid 8,000 GBP for it and is
offering it for sale at the same price (about 12,000 USD).  I vowed
some time ago not to buy anything that will not fit under my arm, so
I am not interested in this item.

How would he go about selling it?  Who on earth would buy it?

Brian Chesters
brian@blackpool.net

 [ Isn't a weight-powered barrel piano rather unusual?  -- Robbie