Callista

Reference: AXA.72.5106.000

Description

Music box in burr myrtle with flowers inlay 

Movement CH 3.72 
72 notes, 3 melodies, 1 cylinder
 
Dimensions : 264x186x85 mm

How to use it

Slide the button on the front of the box to the right to start the melody. Then slide it back to the left to stop it

To rewind, turn the key located under the box clockwise

On these movements, a mechanism moves the cylinder sideways after the first tune, allowing the comb's teeth to play the second tune with different pins. It moves again to play the third tune and then returns automatically to its starting position

Melodies

1. 0011 - March of the Toy Soldiers (P.I. Tchaïkovsky) Waltz of the Flowers (P.I. Tchaïkovsky) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (P.I. Tchaïkovsky) (1)
2. 0029 - The Magic Flute (Glockenspiel) (W.A. Mozart) Petite musique de nuit (W.A. Mozart) Turkish March (W.A. Mozart)
3. 0044 - Canon (3 parts) (J. Pachelbel)
4. 0088 - Polonaise (Till the End of Time) (F. Chopin) Tristesse (F. Chopin) Impromptu (F. Chopin)
5. 0091 - Ave Maria (Ch. Gounod) Ave Maria (F. Schubert) Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach)
6. 0697 - Lyric Waltz (Jazz-Suite 2) (D. Chostakovitch) Waltz No.1 (Jazz-Suite 2) (D. Chostakovitch) Waltz No.2 (Jazz-Suite 2) (D. Chostakovitch)
7. 0698 - Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt-Suite 2) (E. Grieg) Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt-Suite 1) (E. Grieg) In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt-Suite 1) (E. Grieg)
8. 0701 - Hungarian Dance No.1 (J. Brahms) Hungarian Dance No.19 (J. Brahms) Hungarian Dance No.5 (J. Brahms)
9. 0703 - Love Me Tender (E. Presley) Strangers In The Night (F. Sinatra) My Funny Valentine (N. Simone)
10. 0704 - September-Am Flusse (Das Jahr) (F. Hensel-Mendelssohn) Allegro non troppo (C. Wieck-Schumann) In meines Vaters Garten (A. Mahler-Schindler)