Archive for 2018

By Mark Singleton.

Long ago, in those days when we still learned by reading printed material, information on items considered rare would be gleaned from the odd book and what hands on experience the adventurous collector of a disc musical … Read More

148th Specialty Auction

200 Years of Sound

Auction Team Breker

9 + 10 November 2018

On 9 + 10 November 2018, Auction Team Breker will be hosting an important auction that celebrates audio technology over the past two hundred years… Read More

Bob’s Symphonion

Bob’s Symph,  A.K.A The One! : A tale of a Symphonion Grand Monstor Automat. By Mark Singleton

Back in the early day’s of my collecting, by a mix of pure chance & circumstance, I was introduced to mechanical … Read More

Steinway Duo-Art

…………… and a Royal Connection?

I have the pleasure of being the current custodian of a fine Steinway Model B, Pedal and Electric Duo-Art Reproducing Piano. The ‘B’ was made in 1927 as (so I’m told) a special … Read More

We all have those casual friends or acquaintances that we enjoy bumping into and catching up with at sales and fairs, etc. but after a longer than usual hiatus, one such chap had occasion to ring quite out of the … Read More

Subject: 19-5/8″ Polyphon (Model 104) Fetches £14,500 at Auction

Lot 27 at Thimbleby & Shortland Auctioneers (Reading, Berks, UK) was a clean, tidy and mostly original 19-5/8″ Polyphon model 104. Sat on an original but basic storebin base, the tone … Read More

Our new venture has been acknowledged in The Antiques Trade Gazette.

With more than 35 years’ collecting experience each, Mark Singleton and Steve Greatrex have launched Silvertone Music Boxes, a dealership devoted to mechanical music. The pair met around 30 … Read More

Mark Singleton and Steve Greatrex with the Chippendale Cased, Groege Pyke Organ

 

In this, the celebratory year of the tercentenary of Thomas Chippendale, Silvertone feel truly honoured in being able to offer this remarkable piece.

 

A testament to the skills