Mermod Freres Orchestra Cylinder Music Box
date: label: date made
content: 1888 - 1892
name: label: maker
content: Mermod Freres
notes: label: Description
content: This music box was made by Mermod Freres in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1888-1892. It is an orchestra cylinder music box, serial #117073, with 10 tunes. This music box has a three-piece comb with 74 teeth (12,56,6), and a drum with 6 beaters, 6 bells, and a castanet with 6 beaters. The music box is coin activated, with a crank wound spring.
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: Gift of Louis Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.379271
label: accession number
content: 150151
label: catalog number
content: 379271
label: serial number
content: 117073
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, oak (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (inner lid material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (works material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (works material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 27 1/2 in x 15 in; 27.94 cm x 69.85 cm x 38.1 cm