1880 Paillard NY - Cylinder Music box and table скачать в хорошем качестве

1880 Paillard NY - Cylinder Music box and table

The 17-5/8 inch interchangeable Paillard cylinder music box was built in 1877 (keylock date stamped 1877) and complete with 4 cylinders. Serial number 4903. Provenance: The instrument was a gift from John D. Rockefeller Snr to the original owners, who lived in Connecticut, c.1880 as a wedding present. Sold by their daughter, Miss Janet Redmond to Marty and Elise Roenigk for their collection c.1980. It had, however been banished to the basement for 40 years as it didn't play. It wasn't playing at the time of sale in October 1992 to J.R. White and was subsequently air freighted to New Zealand in 1993. It was restored cleaned and lubricated by Dwight Porter (Porter Music box Company) who also discovered that it had a broken tooth, which had been lodged in the mechanism. The tooth was replaced. Currently for sale $37,000 nzd https://jonathanwhite.co.nz/