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Decap Dance Organ

r_swaney@msn.com · February 26, 2024 ·

Art Deco style Decap Dance Organ

Welte Style 5 Concert Orchestrion

r_swaney@msn.com · February 26, 2024 ·

Welte Style 5 Concert Orchestrion

Mascotte

r_swaney@msn.com · August 13, 2020 ·

The Mascotte organette was made by Gately Mfg. It plays a 2.5″ roll, making it one of the smallest organettes ever produced. It has 14 notes.

Symphonia

r_swaney@msn.com · August 13, 2020 ·

The Symphonia organette was produce by the Wilcox & White Organ Co. of Meriden, CT circa 1894. It is a 20 note reed organ.

Polly Portable

r_swaney@msn.com · August 12, 2020 ·

The Polly Portable Phonograph was manufactured by the Polly Portable Phonograph Company of New York around 1925.

The unusual aspect of the Polly is that it does not have reproducer nor a horn. They are replaced by 16” diameter piece of stiff paper with an approximately 45-degree wedge cut out of it. It becomes a horn by bringing the edges of the wedge together and fitting a rivet on one edge into a notch on the other. The result looks something like a small satellite dish. When not in use, the horn folds into thirds and conveniently  stores inside the lid.

The paper cone produces a nice tone and has adequate volume.

 

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