Dear Sir,  I have been directed to your forum and you as a matter
of last resort.  I got your website reference from John who is my
Facebook friend sharing our mutual interests of mechanical music.
However my interest is something different and specific.

I am into collecting antique mechanical musical clocks and recently
I bought a very rare English clock, circa 1775, which has 6 tunes
playing on 11 bells and 23 hammers.  However the pinned musical
cylinder which activates the hammers are all broken, with _no_ trace
on the cylinder.  Possibly the cylinder may have been new, or someone
has sanded the cylinder.

I have to restore the clock and don't know how to go about re-pinning
the cylinder.  My person here can make cast and tuned bells but
positioning of pins to be able to play 6 tunes depending upon choice
is [needing] some expertise.

I earnestly request your help in getting the cylinders pinned.  I am
not a dealer, all this is for pure love of horology at considerable
cost to self!  Once I have heard from you, I will send you the photos
required and we can go forward.

Hoping that you would help a fellow seeker and collector interested
in preserving mechanical musical stuff,

Warm regards,

Saurabh C Mitra
India
tel.: +919869579562
scmitra@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ MMDigest subscriber Justin J Miller shows a similar
 [ 6-tune clock with 11 bronze bells, of circa 1820, at
 [ https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/60178-rare-black-forest-musical-carillion-cloc 

 [ An impressive clock chime movement playing 10 tunes on 11 bells
 [ is presented at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR3d6r-zahc 

 [ An article in "The Horological Journal: The Special Organ Of
 [ The British Horological Institute," July 1879, page 152, describes
 [ some clocks sold at auction earlier that year, including --
 [
 [ "The late Mr. Snoxell's Collection of Curious Clocks. ... ...
 [ "An eight-day clock, fitted on an ornamental base, with music
 [ playing on ten bells six different tunes, having index hand on
 [ the music circle, and fastened on a gallery; an ormolu eagle
 [ on top.  Dimensions, 10 in. wide, 7 in. deep, and 31 in. high.
 [ [Sold for] 8 pounds 10 shillings."
 [
 [ Ref. https://books.google.com/books?id=N6QEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA152#v=onepage&q&f=false 
 [
 [ -- Robbie