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Crank & Comb for Antique Manivelle
By Nancy Fratti

[ Frank Rhodarmer wrote in 140904 MMDigest --
> I'm looking for a supplier of antique manivelle parts,
> specifically, a crank and comb.

In response to the request for a 'supplier of manivelle parts',
there really is no such person.  Every cylinder box comb (with a few
exceptions in larger mechanisms) is tuned differently.  It would be
close to impossible to find a comb that would match the tuning of
the one you need.

The only way we restorers amass parts is to buy 'junker' boxes.
Unfortunately, in manivelles the comb is the usually the part that
is demolished, usually from people winding them backwards.  When
a part is detachable, like a crank, that too is one of the first
things to be lost.

Nancy Fratti - Nancy Fratti Music Boxes
Canastota, New York, USA
http://www.nancyfrattimusicboxes.com/ 


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