Act III · behind the curtain
An old scene-painting loft above a Buxton mews, where two people pin, tune, build and mend music boxes. Up the green stairs, open to visitors every Saturday from 11 till 4.
The company
as the Tuner
Trained as a piano technician in Lyon, Odile came to Buxton in 2014 to restore a single cylinder box and stayed. She arranges every air, pins every cylinder and voices each comb tooth by tooth with a strobe and her ears.
Favourite air · Clair de Lune on 18 notes
as the Scene Painter
A joiner who spent fifteen years painting flats for touring theatre, Ezra builds every case in limewood or walnut, gilds the mouldings and paints the lid scenes in casein and gold leaf at the north window.
Favourite lid · Harbour night
Repairs & restoration
Free inspection and quote. Post it to us insured, or bring it up on a Saturday and we will hear it play while you wait.
Box office hours
Finding the green stairs
7 Hall Bank Mews, Buxton SK17 6EW. From the Crescent walk up Hall Bank; the mews opens on the left after the bookshop. Our door is the green one with a brass key for a knocker.
Five minutes from Buxton station. Pay-and-display parking on Market Street. The loft is up one steep flight — ring and we will carry your box down to you.
01298 774 312