Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan

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Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan(オルゴールの小さな博物館) is a museum of mechanical musical instruments, located in Bunkyo-ku in Tokyo. It houses the private collection of Yoshihito Namura.

The museum was the first of its kind in Japan when it opened in May 1983. The current building was erected in 2003.

"Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan" offers an overview of the development of mechanical musical reproducers which were made from the end of the 18th to the 20th century. Visitors experience demonstrations of antique musical devices accompanied by scholarly explanation.

[edit] About The Museum

Museum course

Concert course

Museum course (5F&6F)

(By advance reservation only. (15 persons max.))

Let's begin the tour. In the permanent exhibition room, please enjoy the sound of various music boxes. In the changing exhibition room, you can have the chance to meet unusual music boxes. And you will have a rare experience that your body will feel the vibration of the sound of the music box directly. In the cafe you can listen to the music by “reproducing piano” which revives the music of former famous pianists.

Tour times : 11:00a.m, 2:00p.m, 4:00p.m
Admission : 2,000yen

Concert course (1F)

The magnificent sound. Please sit on a comfortable chair in the music hall, and enjoy the concert. You can enjoy the music by the mechanical musical instruments such as the disk music boxes, the cylinder music boxes, the organs, automata, and repuroducing pianos. The staff will explain about them happily with explanation of their background.

Tour times : １:00ｐm, 3:00p.m
Admission : General 1300yen adult / 600yen children
Group : 1100yen adult / 500yen children(groups of 20 or more)

Museum Shop ((1F&2F)

Open 10:30-18:00

Closed

Sundays, Mondays and New Year's vacation

[edit] Collections

Cylinder
Disc
Automaton
Street organ
Player piano
musical clock

Cylinder Musical box : Paillard Sublime Harmonie Piccolo Systeme Plerodienique, ca.1890, Swiss
Disc Musical box ：Symphonion Changer Style120S, ca.1900, German
Automaton ：Lambert Turkish Smoker, ca.1890, French
Street organ : Bacigalupo, ca.1900, German
Player piano：Steinway & Sons Duo-Art, ca.1920, American, Aeolian Company
Musical clock:Musical Bracket Clock, ca.1790, England, Robt Hughs