Hi, Jed,
"She may not sing as loudly as the skeleton, but she sings in a voice steady and timeless. I could listen to her a lifetime long."
In fact, the vintage piece sings more loudly and beautifully than that particular sq (I'm familiar with quite a few specimen of the sq repeater)
I know you were likely being "figurative" and not literal with your words, but the vintage piece has that quality that modern pieces no longer have (and similar to vintage high grade chronographs vs even the best modern chronographs - I just prefer the haptics of high grade vintage chronos) - the way the case was made back then, no longer available today, added to the volume and purity of tone.
Cheers,
TM