Metal Discs

Metal disc No. 8079 Hermann Josef Schneider “The Bee House” (Das Bienenhaus)

    Metal disc No. 8079 Hermann Josef Schneider “The Bee House” (Das Bienenhaus)

    Germany, Leipzig

    The 1900s

    Composer: Schneider, Hermann Josef, Orphenion - Musikwerke Seiler, Müller & Hensch

    Steel; presswork, printing, oxidation, varnishing

    Diameter 66 cm

    Inscriptions on the disc: “No. 8079”, “Das Bienenhaus. Marsch”, “The Bee Hause. March”, “Le Rucher. Marche”, “Orphenion"

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    Metal disc is made of thin steel sheet by presswork, with round aperture in the center and oval holes along the edge. Projection slots, inscriptions with the catalog number, melody title, the author's last name, the trademark lyre-shaped imprint with ribbon, laurel branches and the inscription “Orphaning” are on the disc front side. Projections formed by partial cutting and bending, the location of which determines the march to be played are on the disk work side. “The Bee House” (Das Bienenhaus) by the Czech composer, conductor and music publisher Hermann Josef Schneider (07.04.1862-25.02.1921), written in 1906.
    Music player: Disc music box “Orphenion” (No. 677).

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    Инв.538ММП677/DM