Dolce Vita

Reference: AXA.72.8256.003

Description

Music box in burr walnut with floral inlay
 
Movement Inter CH 15.72 
72 notes, 15 melodies, 5 cylinders 

Dimensions : 415x235x190 mm

How to use it

To start and stop the movement, lift the round button. Then push back to stop. At the end of the melody, it will stop

To wind up, turn the key on the spring-housing anti-clockwise

To change the cylinders

The cylinders are in the box drawer. Only change the cylinder when the movement is stopped at its resting position. This should be checked by winding the movement up. If it no longer plays, the it is in its resting position.

Lift the two levers and remove the cylinder

Hold the cylinder by its two ends keeping it horizontal

Place this cylinder on a soft surface and make sure it cannot roll, which otherwise risks damaging the pins

Again holding it by the two ends, take another cylinder from the drawer and place it in the slot. The cylinder number, on the right, should  be visible on the top. Push down the two levers, ensuring the cylinder is in its slots properly

The replaced cylinder should be stowed in the drawer

Melodies

1. 1 - The Blue Danube (J. Strauss) Tales from the Vienna Woods (J. Strauss) The Artist's Life (J. Strauss)
2. 2 - Carmen (Toréador) (G. Bizet) Rigoletto (La Donna è mobile) (G. Verdi) La Traviata (Prélude) (G. Verdi)
3. 3 - The Magic Flute (Vogelfänger) (W.A. Mozart) Andante (Klaviersonate A-Dur) (W.A. Mozart) The Magic Flute (Glockenspiel) (W.A. Mozart)
4. 4 - Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (R. Schumann) The Trout (F. Schubert) Der Lindenbaum (F. Schubert)
5. 5 - Sleeping Beauty (P.I. Tchaïkovsky) March of the Toy Soldiers (P.I. Tchaïkovsky) Waltz of the Flowers (P.I. Tchaïkovsky)