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Unknown 13" Cylinder Music Box
By Eliyahu Shahar

Nancy Fratti said [181203 MMDigest]:

> If the tune card is missing and there's no initials stamped on the
> bedplate, comb or governor cock, then identification is usually not
> possible.
>
> No matter who made the box, the way it sounds today is dependent on
> how many screwdrivers were in it over the last 100 years!  Enjoy it
> for what it is -- even if you can't identify a maker!

Amen to that!  That's true of player pianos, orchestrions, and anything
else we enjoy.

Eli Shahar
St. Petersburg, Florida


(Message sent Thu 6 Dec 2018, 13:59:44 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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