Dear Friends,¶
A few years ago, I was intrigued by a most unusual musical box.  It was
beyond my means to purchase at the time, even though the price ($450) was
stated to be "50% off"!  I am currently looking for one of these, or
something similar.  Let me describe.

It was in case shaped as a street organ (but the tones were plucked), and
small enough to hold in your hand.  The unusual feature was that it used
paper strips about 2.5" wide, which you could punch yourself as it had lines
drawn along the length.  I do not recall the number of notes.  The paper
strip was punched by (I believe) an ordinary paper punch for loose-leaf
notebooks.  You turned a crank on the side, so this might be more properly
called a manivelle.

Has anyone seen this or a similar device?

Thanks ever so much!

Rev. Robert Linnstaedt  <Linnstaedt@aol.com>