(1/7) David Cadet, N° 960
His Serial No. 960 is shown in Figs. 1-8 and 1-9, with 16 groups of teeth making up the forte comb at the right and nine groups making the piano comb at the left. The treble teeth are adjacent, as always seen on Nicole movements. The serial No. is in the usual left back position on the brass bedplate, but is inverted. The mechanism is in a plain case with external controls and is a very tight fit, with some wood gouged out to the case end to clear the fan blades; but since the bedplate encroaches beyond the key partition slots this may not be the original case. The cylinder is 9 1/8 by 1 ½“ (23 by 4 cm) diameter, playing four tunes on 80 forte plus 43 narrower piano teeth. The tunes are attractively arranged and run for 45 seconds. One in particular has that elusive familiarity that is so tantalizing with missing tunes sheets; this one may well haven been lost more than a hundred and fifty years ago. (Bulleid: Cylinder Musical Box Technology, 1994, p. 13-14) |
