I had no idea such a wonderful thing even existed, I can only imagine the level skill and patience it takes to make one.

Never heard an organ box before. Exquisite piece in exquisite condition.

@patrickrwhite8354

7 ай бұрын

We had one when I was little it was over 200 years old and my cousins lost it in the fire. So sad.

@uriah4491

7 ай бұрын

Only hospitals have them these days. However, you'll get in trouble if you open one without permission cause that means they have to throw it away.

@77thTrombone

7 ай бұрын

@@uriah4491 🤣🤣🤣

@earthlightsmusic2743

7 ай бұрын

The Bornand Collection includes a music box with a reed organ, as well as a drum.

@jeffreyyoung4104

6 ай бұрын

@@uriah4491 I call those things, LUNCH!

Everything was fine and dandy until I saw just how many pickets there were on the comb, holy

@tsuwaque

7 ай бұрын

eighteen? what comb exactly?

@SilverDreamweaver

5 ай бұрын

I think you mean the barrel, not the comb. And those are just notes (when combined with the comb, ofc), so not as tedius as you'd think.

Respect for the creators of these instruments, for their imagination and knowledge

That's beautiful! Wonderful that the music box was lovingly restored. I imagine that before the invention of the phonograph, only rich folk could afford music boxes, and the machine would sit in a special place in a parlour with potted ferns and nicely draped tall windows. I enjoyed this video, because my mom had given me an LP record, "A Music Box Christmas", in which several Christmas or religious tunes were played by about three or four different music boxes. I play this album every Christmas.

@evangelinekeeley3531

7 ай бұрын

As soon as I saw this post, before I even played the video, I thought of a similar record my parents had. It might even be the same one! Does yours have "O Sanctissima" on it? That is the only tune that readily comes to my mind. I wonder whatever happened to that album? 🤔

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391

7 ай бұрын

I think some poorer people could just about afford them , but it would have been a very big purchase, something that they would have saved up for for many, many years; and even then, buying the rolls compatible with the machine wouldn't have been easy, and still expansive - I can only presume that after placing the same tunes over and over again, they'd start to get on your nerves after a while, no matter how good they sounded upon first listen. Now I can buy a CD second hand for next to nothing, and play it on a system that's easily affordable. But this machine still has a beauty and craftmanship, and sound that makes it special.

@lancasterblvd2010

14 күн бұрын

I think some of the music from your LP record is also the same music that is played for the holiday BGM on Main Street at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom.

Music boxes make me so happy

This music box reminds me of the old fashioned merry - go - round rides in Golden gate park, and the old Playland at the beach (In San Francisco ca. ) merry - go - round ride . .They were the most beautifully made , and sounding merry - go --round rides ever built .They sounded very much like this music box , but at a louder volume .. made in the 1800's or earlier !?? They do NOT make things like they used too... Thanks for sharing this phenominal music box !!

It's amazing to think of a time when recording and reproducing audio was not conceived. Technology progressed towards autonomous live performance. One wax cylinder and an industry died, as many more were born.

@elliottbronstein1214

Ай бұрын

It was conceived. This was the evidence. Just not fully achieved

I've never seen one of those before but it's a beautiful compact little thing and whoever invented it must have been a genius in their own right. ❤❤❤.

Wow! I never knew there were any like this!

Чудесная шкатулка! Какой красивый звук! Сразу это ощущение старины, сказки...

My grandmother had one very similar. She sold it to a relative. Listening to it was such a treat and this brought back a flood of memories.

The amount of genius behind these contraptions is mind-boggling 🤯👍

@godfreyberry1599

5 ай бұрын

Not only did one have to be a musical maestro but a mechanical engineer and cabinetmaker of note too - absolutely multi talented at the highest level.

The absolute genius and skills it must have taken to make this is extraordinary! 🤔🙄🙏🇬🇧

What a marvelous jewel!

Absolutely beautiful machine

For those that are curious, the song is Au fond de temple saint from La pecheurs de perles the opera.

The Ave Maria. Beautiful.

The unique Reed Orgon where you can see in the center in between those two combs sounds like an accordion.

Best tone I've heard from an organ box

Ça m'a même mis les frissons🥶🥰

@ingasparrow

7 ай бұрын

Yes! Me too!

Ah, the wonders of old mechanica!

Nice! I didn't see the drum on the left used. Does it do other tunes?

Nice, but I wanna hear something with ALL the instruments!

Das ist noch Qualität!

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

A testament to human ingenuity. Amazing

Wauw this isnt next level, this is next universe❤

@KingPhilipsRideshare

7 ай бұрын

Wario moment

Interesting! At first I was thinking the timing is too fast for this piece but then realized they have to fit the tune onto the cylinder.

@MrDromedary

7 ай бұрын

Регулятор скорости воспроизведения, кажется - располагается в ближнем правом углу, стрелка стоит посередине между "медленнее" и "быстрее".

It's basically a miniature version of a fairground organ. Everything miniaturized except the mechanism of music encoding.

Go see the House on the Rock in Wisconsin. I think it has the world's largest collection of automated music boxes. Totally amazing.

Magical! 💚

If you add "Ave Maria" to the title and description, this might give the visibility it deserves. The arrangement seems to be based on the melody Gounod re-re-re-remixed over Bach's Prelude in C Major. If you sprinkle some of those words into your title and description, you'll catch a few folks who are thirsty for alternative renditions of familiar tunes. 200K views after 10 years doesn't seem like enough. More people should see and listen to this, even if by accident.

I need. I want. You have no idea how much I’m going to research on this

This is incredible!

The box and the music are beautiful!

Absolutely beautiful!

WOW...... The artistry is amazing

WOW,,, LOVELY ❤.

Gorgeous

Bravo! Encore

Favoloso ❤️💖

Wow! What an incredible treasure!

What a beautiful creation

Amazing! Thank You

That’s so cool. Thank you. God Bless.

Wonderful

Is this one of Virgil Fox's boxes that Sandy Fleet owned before passing?? Beautiful!!

Thank you for sharing

amazing!!

Ave Maria (J.S.Bach/Gounod)

Great specimen.

Always wondered how the reed organ got its wind -- surely the mainspring for the playing barrel could not spare the energy.

Sooooo beautiful! 😲👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊👍👍

I'm disappointed that we didn't get to hear the percussion section. (Referring to the wood block and small drum)

Lovely

I love the look of this Orchestral Music Box but I am not too keen on the sound it produces.

Excelente.

What's amazing is that they put this much genius and effort into making this thing, and then it just plays one single, very basic, very short song. That's all it will ever play.

@kabouktli

7 ай бұрын

A beautiful, luxurious, useless toy for adults. You can go on for years admiring the exquisite work that was needed for making it, - and that's all it offers!

@--Mar

7 ай бұрын

The Description says it plays 12 operatic airs.

@kirbywaite1586

6 ай бұрын

​@kabouktli You don't appreciate much, I would guess.

I was only mildly amused, until the full set of harmonies struck at :45 secs. Then I literally went, "ah!" and sighed contentedly as the piece finished. What a marvelous little music box!

Must be worth a fortune. Very nice

Yeah man!

Fantástico 😳

Digital music from the past.

Yes

Esa si que es una cahita de música orquestal increíble😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤

Freebird!!!!

👍 different!

There is the cylinder with digital record like MIDI-file, that controls the instruments.

I want to hear those drums!

Bell sound ok, but how mouth organ was played? Where was 'wind' source?

❤❤❤❤❤

Si así se escucha bien bonito, en vivo se ha de escuchar hermoso, muchas gracias...

@vfreemanantiques

4 жыл бұрын

Gracias Rebeca

Eine aufwändige handwerkliche Arbeit! Aber - ehrlich gesagt - schön anzuhören fand ich dieses "Ave Maria!" nicht.

Lindo

U do a rally good job on here mate keep up there good work on here mate form greg

@vfreemanantiques

2 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you, thank you

@gregbouchard414

2 жыл бұрын

See ok mate

❤

👍🏼🙏🏼 Maybe, more andantino on speedwalve?

Cool 😎 robot music 🎶 machine!

Dang, where can I see one of these?

really cool! Was the percussion ever functional or was it ornamental?

@SpitfireRoad

7 ай бұрын

Thougt something similar.. Far right there's a wood block with 4 beaters. Surely other songs/combs use this.

Amazing! Would it be possible to see the organ in action?

@frogsnack7072

7 ай бұрын

Did you play with sound on?

Mmm😮😮😮

Ahh.. Ave Maria -Bach/Gounod

What will they think of next?

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I can't see how the organ / strings sound is made.

I have this. Please Suggest where to Repair this ? and Value of this ?

Would this be more considered a small Calliope rather then a music box?

@TomIannucci22

10 ай бұрын

The difference would be a calliope would use pipes rather than the metal chimes, I guess you would call them.

Only six bells?

Sounds like the dragin quest village theme lol

When do the drums kick in? Lol.

@FemaleFullmetal

3 жыл бұрын

Probably for different songs I'm guessing

@BukuiZhao

Жыл бұрын

It was disengaged when the video was filmed.

@solinus7131

Жыл бұрын

​@@FemaleFullmetalkzread.info/dash/bejne/aGl7y4-vlK2fkZs.html found a video of a song with drums

@Narziss1

9 ай бұрын

Probably defective.

Where can I purchase something so beautiful

@vfreemanantiques

3 жыл бұрын

Please see our website for the music boxes we currently have available for sale: www.vincentfreemanantiques.com/antique-music-boxes If you are interested in anything in particular, please contact us by email via the website. Thanks in advance.

Just wait till wintergarten sees this

Subhanallah human genius

Best thing is it somehow sounds out of breath

The evolution of computer . .

The neanderthal machine that put musicians out of work has evolved into the modern self checkout machine in stores.....😎

I hve a feeling that this was not common in peasant households

@tuileriesantiques9057

3 жыл бұрын

or rich house holds

@tuileriesantiques9057

3 жыл бұрын

no poor person ever had a music box of any sort, even middle class most music boxes were never present in middle class homes either, only ones with small combs, still a box but single small comb. medium and big combs and any music box with features were for the rich and the rich alone.

@kirbywaite1586

6 ай бұрын

​@@tuileriesantiques9057Oh knock off the Marxist angle. Just enjoy it and curb your envy. You can do it!

That old box is very cool, but it needs to work on it's phrasing...👀 Now again with more feeling. Come on now! commit!!!