Dolce Vita

An iconic creation in the Manufacture Reuge collection, Dolce Vita remains the only music box with the capacity to play 15 melodies.
An allegory for the sweetness of life that transports us to a serene realm, where soothing sensations enchant all our senses.

Description

Dolce Vita offers a truly immersive sensory experience. A feat of elegant engineering, it allows you to arrange the music cylinders with your favorite classical melodies in the order of your choice.
As a precursor to modern electronic devices, Dolce Vita delivers an authentic traditional mechanical music experience, showcasing the sophisticated craftsmanship that Manufacture Reuge has perfected for over 150 years.

Dolce Vita comes with the following selection of melodies:

Cylinder 1: ‘The Blue Danube,’ ‘Tales from the Vienna Woods,’ and ‘The Artist’s Life’ by J. Strauss.

Cylinder 2: ‘Toreador’ (Carmen) by G. Bizet and ‘Women abandon us’ (Rigoletto) as well as ‘Prelude’ (La Traviata), both by G. Verdi.

Cylinder 3: ‘The Birdcatcher,’ ‘Andante keyboard A,’ and ‘The carillon,’ all from The Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart.

Cylinder 4: ‘Of Foreign Lands and Peoples’ by R. Schumann and ‘The Trout’ as well as ‘The Linden Tree’ by F. Schubert.

Cylinder 5: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (The Sleeping Beauty), ‘March of the Toy Soldiers’ (The Nutcracker), and ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ (The Nutcracker), all by P.I. Tchaikovsky.


If you wish to personalize your piece, explore our library of melodies here.

Technical Features

General information

  • 15 music cycles
  • 36 seconds per cycle
  • Approximately 12 minutes of running reserve
  • Dimensions: 41.5 cm × 24.5 cm × 19 cm (16 3/8” × 9 5/8” × 7 1/2”)
  • Weight: 8.2 kg (18 lbs)

Movement

  • Clavier individually tuned for each melody
  • Five cylinders, each with three melodies played in succession
  • 15 melodies in all
  • More than 1,400 pins per cylinder, 72-note comb
  • CH 3.72 movement, crafted and assembled by hand in our workshops in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland

Materials

  • Walnut
  • Floral marquetry
CHF 13,150