Mechanical Opera: Opera Favourites On Musical Boxes

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Album Info

Release Date: 1986

Label: Saydisc

Booklet in English, French and German.
Total duration 49:46
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The Instruments:
• 24½" disc Polyphon musical box: 1a; 5a
• Le Croix 'Mandoline' cylinder musical box: 1b, 1e; 4c; 5c, 5g; 7b, 7d; 8e
• Paillard Vaucher Fils (PVF) cylinder musical box: 1c, 1f; 4b; 5b, 5f, 5h; 7a, 7c; 8c
• 27" disc Regina musical box: 1d; 3d; 6d; 8d
• Excelsior Piccolo 12 air cylinder musical box: 2a; 3a
• Nicole Freres 19½" 'Fortepiano' interchangeable cylinder musical box of 1903: 2b, 2e, 2f; 4a; 6a, 6b
• 48 note penny-in-the-slot piano: 2c
• Sublime Harmony Piccolo cylinder musical box: 2d; 3c
• 15½" disc Regina musical box: 3b,
• 22" disc Polyphon musical box with glockenspiel attachment (penny-in-the-slot): 5d
• Sublime Harmony Piccolo cylinder musical box by George Baker & Co: 5e
• 12 air, 2 comb, cylinder musical box: 6c
• Nicole Freres 10 air cylinder musical box (1841): 8a, 8b
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Musical Boxes from the collections of Roy Mickleburgh and Tony Sherriff.
Illustrations from the Roy Mickleburgh Collection.
With thanks to Vivian A. Liff and Peter Williamson for helping to identify the music.
Manufactured by Nimbus Records Ltd., England.
Printed by APB Process Print Ltd., England.
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℗ 1986 Saydisc Records