Cylinder Music Box
date: label: date made
content: 1878-1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This music box was possibly made by Bremond, in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1878-1882. It is a cylinder music box, with 6 tunes. This music box has a single-piece comb with 56 teeth. The cylinder is 6-3/32” long. This music box is activated with a lever wound spring. The song list is as follows:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Pirates of Penzance<br>Dancing in the Barn<br>Secret Love<br>Home Sweet Home<br>The Last Rode of Summer<br>Boccaccio</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.69.18
label: catalog number
content: 69.18
label: accession number
content: 274913
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Music Box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 14 in x 6 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 35.56 cm x 17.145 cm