Limonaire remains the name most often assocciated with mechanical music. it is the name of a famiiy of Italian origin living in Paris before 1845 and knowing how to look after the Limonaire image. We really had to exhibit an instrument whose family name has become the common name of mechanical organs in everyday language

From the musical point of view, its composition is classic: two ranks of 19 violins for the melody, six flutes + cellos for the accompaniment and six bourdons for the bass, all being kept in time by percussion instruments. The small merry-go-round organ has survived through the ages, fresh as our childhood dreams.