The Zilotone was a clockwork toy, American, pre-WW2, made of tin. It
consists of a clown figure seated at a xylophone (or, I suppose, techni-
cally more of a glockenspiel because the bars are metal.) Under the
control of changeable discs the clown plays a simple tune.
They're cute! Mine is incomplete - does anyone have a spare clockwork
motor for one?
Michael Woolf¶
New Zealand
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