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Unknown Brass Cylinder Music Box Plays 32 Reeds
By Fredy Gerer

A never-before-seen musical box!

Dear MMD Friends, after fifty years of collecting I finally came
across a music box that I have never seen before anywhere in my life.
It is in a plain wood case, has a brass cylinder 22 cm long playing six
songs, but no comb.  Instead it has 32 reeds that are played from the
cylinder.  It does not have a crank but instead a regular music spring
motor.  The crank is from the top, like Kalliope.

Inside is a piece of paper indicating that it was once repaired in
Switzerland.  I would like to write an article on this box but before
I continue I would like to know if anyone knows the name of the
manufacturer.  Is there a similar box somewhere?  Of course it could be
a prototype item that was never manufactured.  Any help is appreciated,
send replies to fgerer@yahoo.de.geentroep [delete *.geentroep to reply].

Fredy Gerer
Tutzing near Munich, Germany


(Message sent Tue 10 Jan 2012, 20:28:45 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

Key Words in Subject:  32, Box, Brass, Cylinder, Music, Plays, Reeds, Unknown

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