Stella 17" Music Box Playing "Blue Danube Waltz"

Hope you enjoy our music box rendition of this well known waltz played on our Stella 17" Grand console music box. Whenever I hear this waltz I'm reminded of the musical accompaniment of a magician performing in front of an audience. Thanks for stopping in.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Stella
• Music
• Box
• Regina
• Mira
• Polyphon
• Antique
• Musical
• Mechanical
• Disc
• Blue
• Danube
• Waltz

[BallerinaGifts]

Absolutely stunning! Makes me want to throw out my iPod. How many notes? What is powering the spindle to rotate (spring tension? motor?). Are those tines along the top bar - but I see holes, where are the pins? Thanks for sharing!

[MusicBoxBoy]

@BallerinaGifts Thanks for the nice comments! The Stella music boxes played a projectionless disc meaning the music box uses a complex system whereby spring-loaded star wheels exert upward pressure under the disc as it revolves. When the star wheel detects a hole in the disc it plays that tooth on the comb(s). A large spring motor turns the disc at the edge via a large gear. The bar across the disc exerts downward pressure on the disc to maintain constant contact with the star wheels.

[electricrailwaygod]

Are you par chance a member of MBSI? (Been wanting to join them myself, but never gotten 'round to doing so yet).

Always wanted a good Swiss (I am first generation Swiss) cylinder box As from Nicholai Feres that plays multiple cylinders) but for me now WAY too expensive!

[MusicBoxBoy]

@electricrailwaygod MBSI is a fine society to join for those interested in early music boxes as I am and it sounds like you are as well. That said, however, I too have never joined. Thanks for your visit and your comments.

[MichelottoDaCorellia]

This is a hunch, but maybe you could see this as a record at it's earliest age? From the music box came the record thus came the CD. It's just a thought, so I may be wrong.

[MusicBoxBoy]

Interesting comment....I never thought about that. In some cases the record (or cylinder) version of a given song came first and for some songs the music box version likely came first. It likely depended on how popular the song was when a need to have it reproduced and played on a music box or phonograph arose.

[ravenwho]

I have an 1875 Sublime Harmonie music box with the special table built for it. Do you know anyone that may be interested in purchasing it? Thanks, Raven

[TheQueenOfBlossom]

wow i just discovered a new thing, A BIG ROUND MUSIC BOX! :D

[TheGoddessofRevenge]

Reminds me of carousel wheel. ~ <3

[husbondensrost]

Sounds good. If you think of it, these music box records actually have more in common with a CD than a gramophone record because music box records are digital in a way. A hole stands for 1 and no hole 0.