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Possible Nicole Freres Overture Musical Box
By Craig Smith

Hi,  Perhaps I can help.  Can you send me a picture?  Does the cylinder
play one tune when it turns one-half turn, and then another tune when
it turns the rest of the way around?

Is the cylinder about 2-1/4 inches in diameter or more like 3 inches
in diameter?  It's the diameter, the number of teeth, and the number
of tunes per turn that makes it an overture box.  A 3-inch diameter
cylinder that plays two tunes each time it rotates once is called a
"Two-per-turn" music box.

Also, an overture box wouldn't play 10 or 12 tunes.  It would play
fewer tunes and have lots of fine teeth.

Regards,
Craig Smith


(Message sent Wed 25 Jun 2014, 16:51:59 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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