The production and sale of mechanical musical instruments by the company Julius Heinrich Zimmerman will be analysed on the basis of the advertisements, catalogs, reports of exhibitions instructions for use and the exhibits still intact. The constructions and the repertoire of the Fortuna musical boxes and automatons are described in detail. In Russia, they were the best-selling mechanical musical instruments with a tone comb as the sound source. Another successful own brand product of the company Jul. Heinr. Zimmermann was the Orgophon. The source of the sound of this instrument was metal tongues, driven into vibration by the flow of air. Zimmermann also traded in mechanical instruments from other manufacturers to expand his range. The sales leaders among them were mechanical pump organs of the American Æolian Company and Welte-Mignon reproducing pianos of the German factory M. Welte & Söhne from Freiburg im Breisgau.
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