This is a video of a very rare Imperator music box. The Imperator music boxes were built between the 1890's and early 1900's by Friedrich Adolf Richter (Germany) with excellent craftsmanship.
The Imperator No. 48 has 12 bells and two duplex combs (4 combs!) which gives it a very rich sound. Also the arrangement of the combs is quite unusual. They were not arranged on the left and the ride side of the music box, but above and beneath the center spindle.
According to an advertisement the Imperator music boxes "are acknowledged to be of most excellent workmanship and of the richest tone"...
And now enjoy my video,
Chris
Text on disc:
Trauermarsch
Funeral March
Marche funèbre
Frederic Chopin
No. 7156
