> 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>

Funny you should ask. I just purchased one of these from Pierrot la
Lune in Antibes, France. Mine is just the mechanism (and paper music
and punch), with no fancy case. It plays 20 notes and cost $70. It is
made by Sankyo. They called it a "Limonaire" in the shop.

Marc Kaufman