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Here's what some lucky kid opened over a century ago. It is almost as new with no restoration other than tightening one of the drive strings. It's quite a squirter but needs a bit of an angle adjustment. This Ernst Plank's model No. 358:

I don't think I've seen anything nicer in a long while.  A wonderful addition to your collection.

That is in such fantastic condition, like from a time capsule. Great video, thanks for sharing.
My little Bing fountain does the same thing. I took a 3/4" copper cap, the ones for capping off
a water line, and soldered three, three" legs of copper on it high enough to straddle the fountain.
The water shoots up inside and drips back off the edge of it. Just a thought.

Spectacular Stirling Fountain from oh so long ago. Wonderful!!!

It just might be that its incredible condition is owed to the angled stream of water, making it less than a joy to operate. I would think an escutcheon pin, or other fine cylindrical object of suitable diameter, might be able to tweak the nozzle slightly, and straighten up the stream. Certainly opening the nozzle slightly would lower the height to which it squirts, and might help control it some that way as well.

What a wonderful little time capsule that box contains!

Well, Brent, while watching this magnificent combination working,  the old folk-lore idea of the "Jungbrunnen" (= fountain of eternal youth) comes to my mind.
a) This combo must certainly be of the Jungbrunnen-type, as it has been preserved so extraordinarily well,
b) Watching (and collecting) such beautiful things keeps you young, indeed!

Thanks for sharing!
Thomas