Mermod Frères

Mermod Frères Spieldosen

Spieldosen / music boxes

(including tune sheets Swiss cross on the LEFT side / and tune sheets Swiss cross on the RIGHT side)

[1] Orchestre etc., [2] Coming soon, [3] 12 Airs (MF-mark on cock), [4] Peerless Forte Piccolo, [5] Peerless, [6] Piccolo, [7] 8 Airs, [8] 6 Airs, [9] Tambour Timbres Castagnettes, [10] 8 Airs, [11] 12 Airs, [12] Coming soon, [13] Sublime Harmonie Tambone Timbres, [14] 8 Airs, [15] 10 Airs, [16] without tune sheet, [17] 8 Airs, [18] oak box, [19] Sublime Harmponie Picc, 5 interchangeable cylinders, [20] without tune sheet, [21] Peerless forte piccolo, [22] With maker's mark on the comb, [23] With maker's mark on the comb, [24] Interchangeable, with 4 cylinders, [25] Wacht am Rhein, Lorelei, [26] Trovatore, Carmen, Mascotte, [27] Lyra mit M. F.-Marke, [28] Sublime Harmonie Piccolo, [29] Coin operated, [30], [31], [32] Movement with 32 notes, [33] Seven 13-inches-cylinder interchangeable, [34] Idéal Guitare, [35] movement with a maker`s mark on the cock, [36] interchangeable: 6 cylinders, [37] interchangeable: 3 cylinders, [38], [39] 2nd: Chimes of Normandy, [40] 1st: Old folks at home, [41] Coin operated desk top, [42] Upright Bureau Desk in the Biedermeier-Aufsatzkommode style, [43 Coin operated, 140 cm high], [44] Any number of cylinders can be obtained for this box, [45], [46] (empty music sheet), [47],
2122 (first Swiss cross on the right), 2471,

2564, 5640, 7410 (GOLD),

8475 (first Swiss cross on the left),

9054, 9164 (year 1876)

10006, 10098, 10109, 10856, 11799, 11927, 11966, 12032, 12518, 12646, 13651, 13919, 13985, 15358, 15204, 18012, 18688, 18814, 18999, 19034, 19212, 20273, 20350, 20614, 20801, 21098, 21269, 21460, 21961 (year 1885), 21985 (tune sheet printed by FESTU & MASSIN), 22081, 22184, 22219, 22387, 22428, 23217, 23895, 24183, 24853, 25619, 25852, 26420, 26506 (GOLDFARBEN), 26621, 26735, 28428, 29195, 29765, 30429, 31778, 32379, 37445, 37831, 3845X, 38502, 38638, 38666, 40233, 41564, 41650, 41719, 43241, 43441, 43459, 43585, 44715, 45369, 46282, 48852, 49161, 50686, 51273, 52211, 52880, 53012, 54642 (GOLD), 55686, 56428, 58971, 59835, 60555, 60576, 60933, 61028, 61393, 61492, 61492, 62824, 63898, 65162,

65607 (last tune sheet Swiss cross right),

66145, 66966, 68009, 68187, 68660, 68866, 69577, 69822, 70025, 70177, 70380, 70608, 70771, 70681, 71594 (year 1893), 71995, 72367, 72826, 72932, 73317, 73693, 74423, 74749, 77016 (GOLD), 77482, 78636, 80243, 80256, 80368, 80458, 80739, 80876, 81065, 81095, 81308, 81523, 81927, 93661, 95047, 101079, 101329, 103162, 106618, 107215, 107610, 108210, 117550, 117617, 121311,
sehr späte Spieldose, die MF zugeschrieben werden könnte

117977 (last Swiss Cross left),

123323, 128977

Station box or show case box

Die mit dem Zusatz GOLD versehenen Verweise 7410, 54642 und 77016 sind mit einer Musiktafel mit teilweise goldfarbigen Hintergrund

Wenn Bulleid 276 recht hat, sind beide Varianten, sowohl die mit dem Schweizer Kreuz LINKS als auch die mit dem Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS von der Pariser (!) Druckerei Festu & Massin angefertigt worden

Please, see necessarily also the Chapter
Mermod music boxes from 1885 on

No number [No. 1], Orchestre [etc.]
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No number [No. 2]
Coming soon

No number [No. 3], 12 Airs
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No number [No. 4], Peerless Forte Piccolo
(Peerless = interchangeable cylinder)
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retailed by Jacot & Son

Private ownership

No number [No. 5], Peerless (=interchangeable cylinder)
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Any number of cylinders can be obtained für this box

Ord-Hume, Music Box, tune sheet no. 46

No number [No. 6] Piccolo
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No number [No. 7], 8 Airs
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No number [No. 8], 6 Airs
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No number [No. 9] Tambour Timbres Castagnettes
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No number [No. 10], 8 airs
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No number [No. 11], 12 Airs
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No serial [No. 12]

MF-mark in cock

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No number [No. 13] Sublime Harmonie Tambone Timbres
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No number [No. 14], 8 Airs
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No number [No. 15], 10 Airs
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No number [No. 16] (ohne Musiktafel)

No number [No. 17], 8 Airs
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No number [No. 18], oak box

Palmettenlyra

Case measures: 9 1/2" high X 27" long X 12 1/2" wide

No number [No. 19], Sublime Harmponie Picc, 5 interchangeable cylinders

Private ownership

No number [No. 20] (without tune sheet)

No number [No. 21] Peerless forte piccolo

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No number [No. 22] (without tune sheet, with maker's mark on the comb)

Comb bottom rIght: Mermod's mark

No number [No. 23] (without tune sheet, with maker's mark on the comb)

Comb bottom rIght: Mermod's mark

No number [No. 24] Interchangeable, with 4 cyl.

Comb bottom right: Mermod's mark

No number [No. 25] Wacht am Rhein, Lorelei
Swiss Cross RIGHT

No number [No. 26] Trovatore, Carmen, Mascotte
Swiss Cross RIGHT

The original tune sheet was much greater

The case not belonging to the movement

Ebay 2022 Jul 5

No number [No. 27] Lyra mit M.F.-Marke

No number [Nr. 28]
Sublime Harmony Piccolo
Swiss Cross LEFT

No number [Nr. 29] Coin operated

No number [Nr. 30] Click here

No number [Nr. 31] Click here

No number [Nr. 32] Coming soon

No number [Nr. 33]
Seven 13-inches-cylinder interchangeable
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No number [Nr. 34] Click here

No number [Nr. 35] Click here

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Work in progress

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Work in progress

Nr. 2122 (Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS)

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Nr. 2471 Click here

Nr. 2564 Click here

Nr. 5640 Click here

Nr. 7410 Click here

Nr. 8475 Click here

Nr. 9054 Click here

Nr. 10006 Click here

Nr. 10098 Click here

Nr. 11966 Click here

Nr. 12032 Click here

Nr. 12518 Click here

Nr. 12646 Click here

Nr. 13651 Click here

Nr. 13919 Click here

Nr. 13985 Click here

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Nr. 15204
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Bitte hier klicken

Nr. 15358
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59 x 23 x 15 cm

Ebay 2020 May 19

Nr. 18012
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Nr. 18688
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Privatbesitz

Nr. 18814
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Nr. 18999
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Nr. 19034 Sublime Harmonie
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©Private ownership

Nr. 19212 Sublime Harmonie
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Nr. 20273: Click here

Nr. 20350
Guitare
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Ebay 2022 Aug 20

Nr. 20614
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Nr. 20801 please, click here

Nr. 21098 Sublime Harmonie
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Nr. 21269 Sublime Harmonie, Longe Marche, Patent 355241
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10.5'' H x 23.75'' W x 11.75''D

Nr. 21460 Piccolo
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Nr. 21961
(Bulleid, Technology, to be dated from the year 1885)
(not pictured)

Nr. 21985

hard to read, but we can trust Bulleid:

Nr. 22081 Sublime Harmonie Piccolo
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Nr. 22184 (?)
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Nr. 22219 Sublime Harmonie Piccolo,
1st: Carnival of Venice,
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Nr. 22387
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Nr. 22428
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©Lisa Leone (Facebook 2022 Aug 2)

Nr. 23217 (ohne Musiktafel)

Nr. 23895 Piccolo
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Nr. 24183 Longe Marche Sublime Harmonie
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Ord-Hume, Music Box, tune sheet no. 44

Nr. 24853 Sublime Harmonie Tambone Timbres
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25619
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16 x 7 x 6 inches high

Ebay 2021 Dec 15

Nr. 25852
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Nr. 26420
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Nr. 26506
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Background GOLD coloured
Warranted to run 45 minutes
Sublime Harmonie

76 cm x 33 cm x 25 cm

Nr. 26621
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Nr. 26735 Sublime Harmonie
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Nr. 28428
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Transfer decoration on the lid

Nr. 29765

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Nr. 30429
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Nr. 31778
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Nr. 32379
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Nr. 37445 Guitare
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Nr. 37831 6 airs / Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS

4: Genée, Nanon

14 x 46 x 23 cm

Nr. 3845X 8 airs / Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS

8: Genée, Nanon

Ebay 2022 Apr 16

Nr. 38638
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Nr. 38666
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Ebay 2022 Feb 22

Nr. 41564
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Nr. 41650 Timbres Vue
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Nr. 41719
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Nr. 43441
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8: Nanon

Nr. 43459 Forte Piccolo
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Private ownership

Nr. 43585
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45369
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30 x 9 x 16 cm

Transfer decoration on the lid

Nr. 46282
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Nr. 48852
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Nr. 49161 Tambour Timbres Castagnettes
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Nr. 50686
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Budik

Nr. 50686

Nr. 51273
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Nr. 52211 (ohne Musiktafel)

Nr. 52880
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Nr. 53012
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Nr. 54642
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Nr. 55686
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Nr. 56428
to be dated from 1890 (Bulleid, Technology, p. 80, fig. 2-10)

On Serial No. 56428, whose tune sheet is in fig. 1-19 the comb slopes at 5 degrees to the bedplate and the cylinder axis is ¼“ (6 mm) below the tooth tips, so the critical comb/cylinder angle is 18 degrees as noted on other Mermod movements. The tune track width is the conventional 0.017“ (0.43 mm). (Bulleid: Cylinder Musical Box Technology, 1994, p. 24-28)

There is no felt oiling pad as on interchangeables, and the oiling hole is covered over by the list of patents, which is more than a bit stupid, see fig. 1-20. (Bulleid: Cylinder Musical Box Technology, 1994, p. 24-28)

Interessanter Vergleich Junod/Helvetia, Mermod Frères 56428 und Paillard 96988 von Bulleid, Technology

Nr. 58971

Ebay 2022 Jun 14

Nr. 59835
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Nr. 60555
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Ebay 2022 Sept 23

Nr. 60576
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Nr. 60933
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Transfer decoration

Nr. 61028
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Nr. 61393 (ohne Musiktafel)

Nr. 61492
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Nr. 62824

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Nr. 63898

Nr. 65162
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Nr. 65607
LAST tune sheet with the Swiss cross RIGHT

Nr. 66145
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Nr. 66966
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Nr. 68009
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Nr. 68187
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7: Genée, Nanon

17.5 x 9 x 6 inch

Ebay 2022 Jan 26

Nr. 68660
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Nr. 68866

Look carefully on the lower loop of the 8, it is greater then the upper one! Therefore we read this as 68866 and not as 86688

A lockable opening of the ground of the box! We cannot say whether it is original or not, any rate it seems to be very old! Maybe an original device like this one would habe been more elaborate and not so simple?

Nr. 69577
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Nr. 69822: Click here

Nr. 70025
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Ebay 2022 Jun 2

Nr. 70177
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Nr. 70380

Nr. 70608
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Nr. 70771
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1: Lutz
6: Genée

transfer decoration

Ebay 2022 Jun 4

Desing of the tune sheet not fitting here, but the nummer fits in: No. 70681

Private ownership

Nr. 71594
(Bulleid, Technology, to be dated from the year 1893)
(not pictured)

Nr. 71852
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15.5 x 7.5 x 6 inches

Nr. 71995

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Nr. 72367 (ohne Musiktafel)

Nr. 72826
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Nr. 72932
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Nr. 73317
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Nr. 73693 (ohne Musiktafel)

Nr. 74423
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Nr. 74749
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Privatbesitz

Nr. 75582
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Nr. 77016
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Ebay 2022 Feb 23

Nr. 77482
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Nr. 78636
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Ebay 2022 Sept 13

Nr. 80243
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Nr. 80256
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Nr. 80368

Nr. 80458 (ohne Musiktafel)

Nr. 80739
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80739

Nr. 80876

Nr. 81065
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For an extensive documentation
(PICT and all pieces of music!) of
please click here and then on THE COLLECTION and then CARTELS and finally on the following button

1: Little Alabama Coon
4: Robin Air
5: Blue Bells of Scotland
7: Bohemian Girls
8: Home Sweet Home

tune sheet

Cylinder bearing

Nr. 81095
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Nr. 81308
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Nr. 81523
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Nr. 81927 Please, click here

Nr. 93661 coinoperated

Nr. 95047 (coinoperated: 1933)

US-Patent and May 9-1933 and May 16-1933

mark of Mermod Frères

9 inches tall, 9 inches deep, 20 inches wide

Ebay 2022 Jul 18

Nr. 101079
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Nr. 101329
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Nr. 103162 (ohne Musiktafel)

Nr. 106618
Tambour, Timbres, Castagnettes
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Nr. 107215
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Nr. 107610
Sublime, Harmonie, Piccolo
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Nr. 108210
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Nr. 113102

Privatbesitz

Nr. 117550
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Nr. 117617: Click here

Nr. 117977 Flutes Timbres
Swiss cross LEFT

Nr. 128977

Station box or show case box

44" wide x 19" deep x 78" high

Exceptionally and rare automaton cylinder musical box, a marvel of musical craftsmanship. Through the window, one can view a fluttering butterfly and four maidens twirling and dancing along on their “stage” to the music box’s tune. Highly sought-after by collectors. Circa 1890

In perfect working order, it possesses a crisp, melodious sound as it plays one of three accompanying cylinders, each with six tunes. Tune selector, Jacot parachute safety and speed regulator. An ornate inlaid burl walnut cabinet is the perfect complement, featuring two fitted drawers with the capacity to hold four cylinders.

Rau Antiques, item No. 29-5602

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