Artemis
Reference: AXA.72.8264.002
Description
Music box in burr amboyna and Indian rosewoods with "Hunting
& Music" inlay
Movement Inter CH 36.72
72 notes, 36 melodies, 12 cylinders
Box : 570x390x250 mm
Table : 850x550x700 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 - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach) Fireworks Music (G.F. Händel) Canon (J. Pachelbel)
- 2 - The Magic Flute (Vogelfänger) (W.A. Mozart) Andante (Klaviersonate A-Dur) (W.A. Mozart) The Magic Flute (Glockenspiel) (W.A. Mozart)
- 3 - Minuet in G-Dur (L.v. Beethoven) 9th Symphony (L.v. Beethoven) Adieu to the piano (L.v. Beethoven)
- 4 - Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (R. Schumann) The Trout (F. Schubert) Der Lindenbaum (F. Schubert)
- 5 - Wedding March (F. Mendelssohn) Wedding March (R. Wagner) Happy Birthday (M.J. Hill)
- 6 - Sleeping Beauty (P.I. Tchaïkovsky) March of the Toy Soldiers (P.I. Tchaïkovsky) Waltz of the Flowers (P.I. Tchaïkovsky)
- 7 - Madame Butterfly (G. Puccini) Aïda (Triumphal March) (G. Verdi) Norma (Casta Diva) (V. Bellini)
- 8 - Carmen (Toréador) (G. Bizet) Rigoletto (La Donna è mobile) (G. Verdi) La Traviata (Prélude) (G. Verdi)
- 9 - The Blue Danube (J. Strauss) Tales from the Vienna Woods (J. Strauss) The Artist's Life (J. Strauss)
- 10 - Silent Night (F. Gruber) O Christmas Tree (E.G. Anschütz) Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye faithfull) (J. Reading)
- 11 - Cats (Memory) (A.L. Webber) Edelweiss (R. Rodgers) Dr Zhivago (Lara's Theme) (M. Jarre)
- 12 - Yesterday (J. Lennon/P. McCartney) The Phantom of the Opera (The Music of the Night) (A.L. Webber) Love Me Tender (E. Presley)