Swiss Orchestra Cylinder Music Box
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1890
notes: label: Description
content: This music box was made by an undetermined maker in Switzerland, around 1880-1890. It is an orchestra music box, serial #108550, with 12 tunes. This music box has a two-piece comb with 29 teeth (8 & 21), and a separate comb for percussion section with 13 teeth, and an 18 note organ, 6 bells, and a drum with 7 beaters. The cylinder is 15-3/16" long. The music box is activated with 2 lever wound springs, in series. There are two metal controls on the right side for selecting tune and on/off.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lispenard Seabury Crocker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.61.235
label: catalog number
content: 61.235
label: accession number
content: 232559
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Music Box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 33 1/4 in x 16 3/4 in; 34.29 cm x 84.455 cm x 42.545 cm