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Cast Metal Music Box
By Keith Manning

I am looking for information on this cast metal music box that was found
at a thrift store.  Another was also found by another person that wrote
about this, Christian Greinacher, at

  http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Pictures/Greinacher/grein_musicbox.html 

> Never before I have seen something looking and sounding similarly.
> The case is made from very heavy pot metal, looking like an old English
> castle.  But the graphical design and a figure, similar to an eagle,
> are looking as if the box wood come from the far east.  On top of the
> roof there is a flag or a pennant which serves as the key to wind the
> movement.
>
> The movement drives a red plastic cylinder, pinned with steel pins,
> which are playing a 24-note comb.  Two brass bells are periodically
> struck by a separate simple eccentric mechanism.  All the pins and the
> comb are in good shape but the movement does not really play a melody,
> it just produces some sound.  From time to time the two bells are
> ringing and all together it reminds me to a Chinese temple music.
>
> On the front side of the box as well as on the back one can open a
> flap.  When opening either one of these flaps the movement starts to
> play.  Inside is a plastic construction and it looks as if it is made
> to hold cigarettes.  So the whole machine could be a cigarette
> dispenser.

Please let me know what the name of this music box is, the maker and
where I can find information on it.

Thanks.

Keith Manning



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