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Mechanical Music Through the Ages
A collection of Mechanical Music and Arcade Machines – highlighting examples of the development in mechanical entertainment over time.
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“Penny Arcade” Collection
Chicago Coin “Apollo Moon Shot” Shooting Gallery 1969 – (USA)
Electric Shock Machine 1911 – (USA)
Fortune Tellers
Fortune Teller 1950 – (UK)
Compuvend 1995 – (USA)
Grip Testers
Compuvend 1995 – (USA)
Mike Munves 1933 – (USA)
“Little Duke” Jackpot Vender 1932 – (USA)
Mini Steam Shovel – 1934 – (USA)
Mutoscope 1898 – (UK)
Pinball Machines
“Apollo 13” Sega 1995 – (USA)
“Cactus Jack” Gottlieb 1991 – (USA)
Retro Arcade Games 2017 – (Japan)
Skill Testers
9 Cup Skill Tester
Keeney “Target Skill” 1925 – (USA)
Sutherland “Penny Push” 1940 – (AUS)
The Music Collection
Barrel Organs
Child’s/Missionary Organ 1895 – (UK)
Christopher Gerock Chamber Organ 1820 – (UK)
Table Top Barrel Organ 1870 – (USA)
Barrel Pianos
Hicks Barrel Piano 1812- (UK – Bristol)
Enrique Salva 1961 (Spain)
Cylinder Music Boxes
Baker & Troll Telephone 1918 – (Switzerland)
Bernard Ravca “Organ Grinder” 1927 – (Germany)
Inlaid Rosewood Music Box 1890 – (Switzerland)
Jacot’s Music Box 1880 – (Switzerland)
Organ and 6 Air Music Box 1880 – (Switzerland)
Photo Album 1885 – (UK)
Painting Clock Music Box 1865 – (French)
Painting Clock Music Box 1830 – (UK)
Reuge Composer Series Music Boxes 1954 – 1957 – (Switzerland)
Snuff Box 1850 – (UK)
Table Top Music Box 1885 – (UK)
Disc Music Boxes/Kalliope
Kalliope 1912 (Germany)
Polyphon Model 5 Autochanger 1897 – (Germany)
Symphonion Double comb Music Box 1880 – (Germany)
Symphonion Floor Model 1877 – (Germany)
Symphonion Table Top 1880 – (Germany)
Gramophones
Burns & Pollock Lampophone 1927 – (USA)
Columbia Graphonola Console 1924 – (USA)
Edisonic “Schubert” 1929 – (USA)
EMG Gramophone 1927 (UK)
HMV “Lumiere” 1928 – (UK)
HMV Model 1A Autochanger 1928 – (UK)
HMV Model 461 Table Top 1926 – (UK)
The Pathe “Actuelle” – 1920 -(France)
Star Gramophone 1908 – (USA)
Victor 1050 Autochanger 1927 – (USA)
Jukeboxes
AMI Rowe 1971 – (USA)
Packard Pla-mor “The Manhattan” 1942 – (USA)
Seeburg “Trashcan” (1946, USA)
Orchestrion/Nickelodeon
Blue Grass Jazz Orchestrion 2000 – (USA)
Hupfeld Animatic S Claviola 1925 – (Germany)
Wurlitzer 1912 Case with 1990 Upgrade – (USA)
Organettes
Ariston 1897 – (German)
Aurephone 1884 – (USA)
Clariona 1879 – (USA)
Concert Roller Organ 1887 – (USA)
“English” Organette 1883 – (UK)
“French” Serinette 1850 – (French)
Herephon 1882 – (German)
Manopan 1887 – (German)
Organina 1878 – (USA)
Organita Improved 1882 – (USA)
Rolmonica and QRS PlayaSax and Clarola Instruments 1920 – 1930 (USA)
“Tanzbar” Concertina 1905 – (Germany)
Triola – Mechanical Zither – 1924
Phonographs
Columbia Graphophone Model BS Coin-in-Slot – 1900 (USA)
“Dolly Record by Madame Hendren” Averill Talking Doll 1926 – (USA)
Edison Amberola 1A 1910 – (USA)
Edison Amberola 30 1915 – (USA)
Edison Concert Phonograph 1899 – (USA)
Edison Fireside Model A – 1909-1912 – (USA)
Edison Standard Phonograph 1905 – (USA)
Eisentraeger Puck Phonograph 1902 (Italy)
Regina Hexaphone Model 103 1913 – (USA)
Pianolas
Apollophone 1929 – (USA)
Thalberg 1924 – (USA)
Pianos
Auchere Freres Ship’s Piano Model No2 65 Note 1837 – (France)
Dulcitone 1911 (Glasgow- Scotland)
Player Organs
Aeolian Model Y Orchestrelle (1902 – USA)
Monkey Organ by Johann Schmider 1980 – (Germany)
Push-up Pianolas
Aeolian 65 Note 1910 – (USA)
Hupfeld Vorsetzer 1907 – (Germany)
Wilcox & White Angellus Orchestrelle 1905 – (USA)
Reed Organs
Estey Missionary Organ 1901 – (USA)
Harmonium W. Bell & Co. 1890 – (Canada)
“Whistlers”
Reproducing Player Pianos
Alex Steinbach Piano Disc IQ 2012 – (USA)
Chickering 6’6″ Grand Anderson Scale Ampico A 1926 – (USA)
Franklin Upright Ampico A 1925 – (USA)
Story & Clark – QRS Pianomation II Baby Grand 2008 – (USA)
Street Organ 48 Note – c1900 (UK)
Violano Virtuoso 1912- (USA)
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Hupfeld Vorsetzer 1907 – (Germany)
Original and as yet, not restored
