The Fabulous A. Kessler Collection

*Taj Mahal Orchestrion. Recreation of the most beautifull orchestrion of all times. Influenced by the architecture of the Indian Funeral Palace, Morti

«Reproduco» Cinema Organ. Small 2 manual cinema organ with 3 ranks of pipes. Diapason( 12), flute (49) and quintadena (37). The Reproduco ...

Weber «Grandezza» Orchestrion. Fantastic Orchestrion with a Feurich Piano. The instrument plays piano, mandolin and a 28 note xylophone as...

10 Weber «Grandezza»-rolls. Museum's quality. 10 Weber «Grandezza»-Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina Model B. The Phonoiszt Violina was first presented at the Leipzig trade fair in 1908 and was the sensation and for the com

50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt rolls. Museum's quality. 50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt rolls. Museum's quality. 50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt rolls. Museum's quality. 50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt rolls. Museum's quality. 50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt rolls. Museum's quality. 50 Hupfeld Phonoliszt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Weber «Unika» Orchestrion. Fantastic sounding orchestrion with piano, mandolin and one register of violin pipes. Weber achieved to almost ...

15 Weber «Unika» rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Weber «Unika» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

15 Weber «Unika» rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Weber «Unika» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

15 Weber «Unika» rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Weber «Unika» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

15 Weber «Unika» rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Weber «Unika» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

15 Weber «Unika» rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Weber «Unika» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

15 Weber «Unika» rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Weber «Unika» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Automaton «Violin playing monkey». Small monkey in a music room scene is playing the violin. Mechanic and music are hidden in the base. Mu...

De Luxe Mills Violano Virtuoso «Double Mills». America’s answer to the Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violano. 2 self playing violins with piano accom...

10 Mills Violano Virtuoso rolls. Museum's quality. 10 Mills Violano Virtuoso Rollen. Museumsqualität.

10 Mills Violano Virtuoso rolls. Museum's quality. 10 Mills Violano Virtuoso Rollen. Museumsqualität.

10 Mills Violano Virtuoso rolls. Museum's quality. 10 Mills Violano Virtuoso Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Reproducing Grand Piano «Welte Mignon». Probably the best European reproducing system in a very fine mahagony. Julius Feurich grand piano ...

35 Welte-red rolls. Museum's quality. 35 Welte-Rot Rollen. Museumsqualität.

35 Welte-red rolls. Museum's quality. 35 Welte-Rot Rollen. Museumsqualität.

35 Welte-red rolls. Museum's quality. 35 Welte-Rot Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Piano Melodico. The ringing mandolin-like sound was made possible by a reiterating piano hammer action. A lever was used to control piano-forte. Sold

7 Piano Melodico books. Museum's quality. 7 Piano Melodico Bücher. Museumsqualität.

Chordephon Nr. 15 A. A mechanical zither with 44 notes, which is played by a steel disc and working with a spring motor. With 9 discs (Ø36cm). ...

«Triola» mechanical zither. Mechanical zither with 25-note paper roll for the melody. The accompaniment is played by watching the numbers ...

10 «Triola» rolls. Museum's quality. 10 «Triola» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Bird in Cage. Nice square cage with 3 singing birds. With coin slot. Museum's quality. 25 x 25 x 60cm. Bontems, France, circa 1880. Sing-Vogelk...

Automaton «Monkey with Harp». The monkey with fully animated features strums with his hands the harp in time with the music. Museum's ...

Small «manivelle» automaton. Small hand-cranked (manivelle in french) automaton. The Lady plays the piano while the little girl dances to ...

Nice singing bird box in tortoiseshell case with engraved silver lid. After moving the start lever, the little bird pops up and starts singing, while

Whistler. Wooden figure on the lamp post. After moving the start lever, the tramp starts to whistle a tune. Museum's quality. 13,5 x 9 x 48cm. G...

Organ Clock. 30 key organ clock with 5 carved and animated figures. Wooden barrel with 8 tunes. The barrel automatically moves to play another tune on

Automaton «Girl at the Boudoir». Nice automaton with porcelain head by Simon & Halbig. The lady sits at the mirror and powders her fac...

Tableau animée «The Monkey Musicians». Rare and fantastic animated picture with 6 monkey musicians and one singing dog. With cylinder...

Monkey Organ with Clown. Fantastic 39 key monkey organ with 84 pipes and animated Clown, which really plays the percussion. A masterpiece of modern or

Hurdy Gurdy. Small monkey organ with reeds for the «poor organ grinder». The wooden barrel is playing 8 tunes. Museum's quality. 55 x ...

Picture of Monkey Organ Grinder. Woven in silk. Museum's quality. 33,5 x 43cm. After an old engraving, Jacquard wooven, Lichtensteig, Switzerlan...

Barrel Organ by Kolb & Söhne. 45 Key-Carousel Organ with 5 stops. 1 Barrel with 8 tunes. Museum's quality. 102 x 58,5 x 124cm. Kolb &am...

Bacigalupo Trumpet Monkey Organ. 38 key trumpet organ by the most famous organ builder Bacigalupo. 1 barrel with 8 tunes. Museum's quality. 84 x...

33er Baum/Bacigalupo Harmonipan Monkey Organ with 2 barrels. One of them made by G. Bacigalupo. The owner of this organ was the professionel organ pla

Stereoscopic Viewer. After a coin was dropped the customer could look at 18 stereoscopic pictures. With big cylinder music box. A sensational piece of

Capital Cuff Box Modell C. Gustav Otto was the only manufacturer of conical metal tune cylinders. He patented his invention in 1894 and started produc

Station Theater Music Box with Interchangeable Cylinders. Fantastic station theatre music box with full Orchestra movement. Double Spring. Drum with 8

Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box. Swiss cylinder music box «Sublime Harmony» with 10 interchangeable cylinders in very nice burr- walnut...

Kalliope Disc Music Box Nr. 176. With coin mechanism and original bin. Rare with 12 bells, which can be added at will. 13 discs with Ø52,5cm. M...

Grandmother Clock Nr. 62. Fantastic clock with Polyphon disc music box. Plays a tune every hour or can be set on «silent». 16 discs Ø...

Bijou Orchestrone. Organette with reeds. These instruments were very popular and many small companies started to manufacture organettes of all kind. W

Wurlitzer Modell 1100. The last of the «Paul Fuller-Area» jukebox. For 78 rpm records. First jukebox to use the lightweight plastic tone a...

Brienz Chalet with Music Box. Very large and fine carved Swiss chalet with big musical movement by Karrer. Clock with cuckoo mechanism. 27 cm cylinder

Polyphon Gramophone. Fantastic twisted brass concert horn. The cabinet with medals of Wagner, Mozart and Beethoven. Museum's quality. 38 x 38 x ...

Gramophone with wooden horn. Only the most expensive models were sold with wooden horns. The wood created a softer sound than the common horns. With J

Wurlitzer Model 750. Rare model with the curved bubble tubes. 18'387 units sold in 1941. 24 selections / 78 rpm. Museum's quality. 83 x 64 x...

Scopitone. Jukebox oft he 60th with 36 «soundies» (16 mm sound movies). Quite complicated arrangement of the films, which resulted in a lo...

Dictophone made by EDISON. One of the first dictophones in the world. Museum's qualtity. 46 x 24 x 101cm. Edison National Phonograph Company, Or...

Portable Gramophone. Very popular Swiss gramophone «Excelda». Museum's quality. 12 x 27,5 x 13cm. Thorens, St. Croix, Switzerland, cir...

54 Picture Records. Most oft them with «Vogue»-label. Museum's quality. Sav-Way Industries, Detroit, USA, 1946/47. 54 Bild-Schallplat...

Wurlitzer «Victory» Model 42. Built during the war 1942-1945. Plastic was rare and Wurlitzer used real glas instead. 24 selections / 78 rp...

Steck Pianola. A «peddler» with 88 note rolls. The vacuum is built up by pedaling. Partly restored. 156 x 80 x 133cm. Aeolien Company, New...

100 pieces 88-note piano rolls. In good condition. 100 Stück 88er Piano-Notenrollen. Guter Zustand.

Orchestrion Popper «Happy Jazz». Very popular orchestrion of its time. Popper was successfully trying with the Instrumentation (Piano, man...

10 Popper Happy Jazz rolls. In good playing condition. 10 Popper Happy Jazz Rollen. In gut spielbarem Zustand.

10 Popper Happy Jazz rolls. In good playing condition. 10 Popper Happy Jazz Rollen. In gut spielbarem Zustand.

10 Popper Happy Jazz rolls. In good playing condition. 10 Popper Happy Jazz Rollen. In gut spielbarem Zustand.

Philipps «PIANELLA» Orchestrion. Very popular orchestrion by the Philipps & Son company with a Feurich Piano and coin box. Piano, mand...

20 Philipps «Pianella» rolls. Museum's quality. 20 Philipps «Pianella» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

20 Philipps «Pianella» rolls. Museum's quality. 20 Philipps «Pianella» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

20 Philipps «Pianella» rolls. Museum's quality. 20 Philipps «Pianella» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

20 Philipps «Pianella» rolls. Museum's quality. 20 Philipps «Pianella» Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Orchestrion Seeburg KT. Nice compact Orchestrion with piano, 1 rank of pipes, snare drum, castagnettes, triangle and tambourine. With 5 rolls. Museu...

Orchestrion Kuhl & Klatt. Very nice case with mirrors and lamps. Later addition (probably by Eugen DeRoy) of a Scandalli accordion and 2 side ca...

20 Kuhl & Katt rolls. Museum's quality. 20 Kuhl & Katt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

15 Kuhl & Katt rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Kuhl & Katt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

15 Kuhl & Katt rolls. Museum's quality. 15 Kuhl & Katt Rollen. Museumsqualität.

Cinema Organ. Fantastic and rare cinema organ with 2 side cabinets. With keyboard and roll mechanism. Piano, full percussion, hundreds of pipes and al

«Dali» Automaton. Art and mechanical craftsmanship have become in this spectacular automaton a unique symbiosis. The creativity of Salvado...

Picture clock. French picture clock with gong and small musical movement with sectional comb. Museum's quality. 98,5 x 20,5 x 81,5cm. Manufactur...

Carousel Animal. Nodding donkey from a French merry go round. Museum's quality. 38 x 125 x 100cm. Manufacturer unknown, France, circa 1900. Kar...

Organ Clock with Automaton. Black Forest organ clock with 5 figures, 3 stops and 8 tunes. Museum's quality. 50,5 x 31 x 76cm. Joseph Schöpp...

Automaton «The Drummer-Girl». Very nice automaton with Jumeau ( bouche fermée) porcelain head. The girl beats the bass drum and cymba...

Automat «Pierrot Ecrivain». One of the most popular and desirable automaton by Gustav Vichy and reproduced with original parts by Michel B...

Automat «Acrobat». Beautiful automaton with acrobat on the ladder. The acrobat stands on the ladder, which moves back and forth and goes i...

Clock Maker Bench. Very nice bench with a lot of tools. Lamp, tuning device, etc. and a machine to pin the cylinders of music boxes. Without side tabl

Machine for studding and duplicating music cylinders with work-bench. Museum's quality. Apparat zum Bestiften und Duplizieren von Musikzylinder...

Rolmonica. Automatic harmonica with music roll and little crank for moving the roll. Museum's quality. 13,5 x 9 x 8,5cm. Rolmonica Music Company...

National Cash Register. Very nice nickel plated version for the Swiss market. 99 cents up to 999 Swiss Francs. With receipt dispenser and one drawer.

«Mettez 20 centimes» Coin Box. European coin box. Museum's quality. 20 x 8,5 x 30,5cm. Manufacturer unknown, Germany, circa 1920.
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Automaton «Bubble blowing bear». Very cute automaton with a little bear, which blows real bubbles in the air. With Swiss cylinder music bo...

Typewriter Mignon AEG. The typewriter was originally not invented to make office work easier and quicker, but to help blind people to write. In 1849 i

15 old engravings with various scenes from the mechanical music field. Museum's quality. Manufacturers unknown, Germany/France/GB, circa 1860/19...

15 old engravings with various scenes from the mechanical music field. Museum's quality. Manufacturers unknown, Germany/France/GB, circa 1860/19...

15 old engravings with various scenes from the mechanical music field. Museum's quality. Manufacturers unknown, Germany/France/GB, circa 1860/19...

15 old engravings with various scenes from the mechanical music field. Museum's quality. Manufacturers unknown, Germany/France/GB, circa 1860/19...

15 old engravings with various scenes from the mechanical music field. Museum's quality. Manufacturers unknown, Germany/France/GB, circa 1860/19...

Pub-Sign «M. Sasson Architect & Wizard». Museum's quality. Manufacturer unknown, England, circa 1950. Pub-Sign «M. Sasson Ar...

Pub-Sign «Talk Machine». Museum's quality. Manufacturer unknown, England, circa 1950. Pub-Sign «Talk Machine». Museumsquali...