Ariston (mechanical jukebox)

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An Ariston
- Dimensions: 42 × 42 × 24 cm
Weight: approx. 5 kg

Ariston is the name of a mechanical barrel organ that was manufactured between 1880 and 1910 by the Leipziger Musikwerke factory (formerly Paul Ehrlich & Co) in Gohlis (Leipzig) . The instrument was created as the successor to smaller orchestrions , so-called orchestrionettes, in 1882.

Brief description

The Ariston belongs to the organette family . It has 24 pitches, the music is encoded in note discs in the form of perforated plates. The lower purchase price compared to other jukeboxes also enabled private individuals to purchase their own table rotating organ. Around 460,000 instruments had been sold by the time production was discontinued; the record catalog included 4,000 different song titles.

technology

The Ariston features such as the mouth or accordion to the reed wind instruments . When the crank is turned, the plate rotates and a finger jumps into its perforation. Each sensing finger is connected to a valve on the associated penetrating tongue with a small lever and opens it when triggered. The metal tongues are set in motion by the air flowing in from the bellows and produce the sound. The wind comes from two bellows operated alternately, a magazine bellows ensures even pressure. The length of a piece is given by the duration of one complete revolution of the disk and is approx. 45 seconds.

  • View from below into the housing. In the foreground the 24 valves with the levers, in the background the scanning mechanism

  • There is a compartment for the playing discs on the underside of the device.

  • Song plate and pickup arm

  • Device top without play disk

Web links

Commons : barrel organs  - collection of images, videos and audio files

annotation

  1. ↑ The device shown is a replica from France. The abbreviation Breveté SGDG stands for "Breveté sans Garantie du Gouvernement" (patent without guarantee from the government).