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The flagship · 36-note carousel
The Gilded Carousel
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Six painted horses circle under a gilt and crimson canopy while a 36-note comb plays the tune you choose. Limewood base, hand-gilded mouldings, about three minutes on a full wind.
Total £420
- Free UK tracked delivery on this box · 2–3 working days
- 30 days to return it, unwound and in its case
- Free re-tune for two years
Properties list
What is in the box
- 1The Gilded Carousel24 × 24 × 31 cm, 2.1 kg, limewood and gilt
- 2Brass heart keyplus a spare on a crimson ribbon
- 3Tuning certificatesigned by Odile, with the date it was played in
- 4Velvet dust coveroxblood, drawstring, sized to the canopy
- 5Your song stripthe punched strip your cylinder was pinned from
- 6A printed playbillthe wrapping, worth framing
The song strip
Hear it before Odile pins it
Each hole is one tooth plucked. This is the opening of Waltz of the Flowers as the 36-note comb plays it; choose another air above and we punch a new strip for your cylinder.
№ 1 · Waltz of the Flowers · P. I. Tchaikovsky · opening 32 notes
- Comb
- 36 teeth, tuned to A = 440 Hz
- Cylinder
- 3,400 steel pins, one air
- Play time
- about 3 minutes a wind
- Making time
- 40 hours over three weeks
Touring arrangements
Delivery, returns and re-tuning
Free
UK tracked delivery on this box, 2–3 working days, posted Tuesday or Friday
£14
to Europe, 5–8 working days, duties paid by us
30 days
to send it back unwound in its case for a full refund — a custom air excepted
2 years
of free re-tuning; post it to Hall Bank Mews and we return it singing
Notices
★★★★★
“The most beautiful thing in our house, and the loudest at Christmas.”
Admit oneRow A · Seat 6
★★★★★
“The horses catch the lamplight as they turn. Worth every week of the wait.”
Admit oneRow C · Seat 2
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