Paillard & Cie. Cylinder Music Box
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
name: label: maker
content: Charles Paillard & Cie.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This music box was made by Charles Paillard & Cie. in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1878-1882. It is a cylinder music box, with 6 tunes. The music box has a single-piece comb with 57 teeth. The cylinder is 6" long. The music box is spring wound by a ratchet lever.</p>
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content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a large size music box (#6852), for $29.00.</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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055716
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55716
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)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 7 in; 11.43 cm x 34.29 cm x 17.78 cm