c. 1912
Manufactured by the Marquette Piano Company in Chicago, IL.
The Style G was one of the more popular models by Marquette. This one features a unique clown face design – available on special order.
Blesssing Burgford Castle
c. 1912
Manufactured by Blessing Family in Unterkirnach, Germany.
Contains a piano and several ranks of pipes.
The Blessing Family, comprising several generations, manufactured orchestrions from the mid-1800’s through the early 20th century. Only two of the elaborate Castles models still survive.
Arburo Dance Organ
c. 1930
Manufactured by ARthur BURsens and Gustav ROehls (ARBURO) in Hoboken, Belgium.
The machine plays cardboard books. It features an accordion manufactured by Scandalli.
Polyphon Style 6G
The Polyphon 6G plays a 22 inch disc. The comb is the same as a 19 5/8 inch Polyphon but with the addition of a 2 3/8 inch bell track playing 16 saucer bells. The instrument was found in the old Alpen Rose restaurant in East Germany (after the wall came down), was restored and purchased on an EBay auction. It is coin operated using a 5 pfennig coin (a dime works also)
Paillard Changeable cylinder music box
This changeable cylinder music box was made by Paillard. There are four cylinders with a storage drawer beneath the mechanism. The tune cards are contained in its original book with instructions on how to change the cylinders.