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Thorens Music Box from Child's Pedal Car
By Hauke Marxsen

Hi Andrew,  Your message in the 22 March 98 MMD:

> I have a old Thorens music piece, from a 1939 child's pedal car.  It
> is very pitted, two teeth are missing and the spring and spring case
> are both broken too.  The cylinder is in very good shape!  What I'm
> looking for is everything but the cylinder.

You should look for a comb which harmonized to the cylinder.  Often
small movements have a comb which is tuned for a special melody.
A same size movement with an other melody may have a different comb.

> The whole piece is 2-1/16" x 1-13/16" (cylinder length 1").

That's the size of a normal 18-teeth Thorens movement.

> The platform model number is 126417 (the number on the back side).

The number says nothing to me.

> I also found a number on the cylinder (2867) ...

That's the melody number; I couldn't find the number in my documents.
In your case I would forget that movement; look for another movement.

Regards
Hauke


(Message sent Wed 25 Mar 1998, 19:42:15 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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