I have for years owned the tall case of an Imperator No. 48 or
No. 49 musical box, from which the entire interior is missing.
I am looking for the complete movement with two combs and 12 bells.

I know that this device is very, very rare; can you maybe help, or
do you know someone who can help?  A photograph of the case of this
Imperator is available.

Best regards,

Alexander Kies
Altenburg, Thuringa, Germany
http://www.alte-uhren-web.de/ 
alexanderkies@freenet.de.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ The firm of F. A. Richter & Co., Rudolstadt, Germany, owned by
 [ Friedrich Adolf Richter, operated in the 1980s and early 1900s.
 [ Richter made disc music boxes of very high craftsmanship under
 [ the "Imperator" brand name.  Q. David Bowers' "Encyclopedia of
 [ Automatic Musical Instruments" illustrates on p. 244 and 245
 [ a style 49 Imperator, which is a standing cabinet-type box, and
 [ also a smaller counter-top box.  The case of the box illustrated
 [ matches the case in the photo of your Imperator.  -- Matthew