The Fabulous A. Kessler Collection

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...