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Seek Help Identifying Orchestral Music Box
By Jeff Adkins

I am still trying to identify my 16" Orchestral music box.  I have 
had some wonderful input from several readers, but it still remains
a mystery.  Matthew Caulfield and Rod Cornelius have been especially
helpful and I have learned that mine is one of the unidentified tune
sheets shown in Bulleid as "Isle Rousseau" tune sheets.  Bulleid
pictures four variations of that design (his numbers 140-143).  Mine
is the 143 version.

Some writing is at the top of my tune sheet that I would appreciate
some translation and/or spelling correction and clarification on.  It
is written in faint red writing and says what appears to be, on the
first line: "Tamboue Timbres & Castagnettes En Vue", then on the second
line: "Hamllets Couples, Chancement 8 Aires A Volonte.  Zither."

Can anyone verify the spelling of these words?  It is so faint it is
hard to make out.  Also, what it the translation?  I can piece together
"bells, castanets in view, 8 airs (tunes)," and I know what the
zither is in reference to.  But I am unsure of the rest.

I have looked at Nancy Fratti's replacement tune cards and do not find
one like mine.  (Nancy, thanks for your time and help!)  Does anyone
have a card such as this?

Jeff Adkins

 [ "Changement 8 Aires A Volonte" = "change among 8 tunes at will".
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Tue 4 Oct 2011, 19:42:12 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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