Mandoline Cylinder Music Box
date: label: date made
content: 1865-1875
name: label: unspecified
content: James, Mrs. Julian
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This music box was made by an undetermined maker in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1865-1875. It is a mandolin cylinder music box, with 6 tunes. The music box has a two-piece comb with 102 teeth on each piece (total 204). The cylinder is 21-13/16" long. The music box is activated by a lever wound spring. Engraved on the comb:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>6 AIRS 20-1/2 pouces 36 lignes - MANDOLINE QUATUOR EXPRESSIVE - ACCORD PARFAIT STE CROIX (SUISSE)</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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Julian-James Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.325977
label: accession number
content: 70862
label: catalog number
content: 325977
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: music box on table without legs: 13 3/4 in x 39 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 100.33 cm x 52.07 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: leg: 26 in x 3 3/4 in; 66.04 cm x 9.525 cm