Mermod Freres Sublime Harmonie Music Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Mermod Freres
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This music box was made by Mermod Freres in St. Croix, Switzerland, about 1890. It is a Sublime Harmonie music box, with 10 tunes. This music box has a double comb of 43 teeth each, percussion comb with 14 teeth, 6 bells and a drum with 8 beaters. The cylinder is 17-3/16" long. The music box is activated by lever wound springs, in series.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This music box features U.S. Patent #326743, dated September 22, 1885, by C. Henry Jacot for a safety-check for music boxes.</p>
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: Bequest of August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.69.20
label: catalog number
content: 69.20
label: accession number
content: 274913
label: patent number
content: 326743
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 5/8 in x 33 in x 13 3/4 in; 26.9875 cm x 83.82 cm x 34.925 cm