Paillard & Cie Orchestra Cylinder Music Box
date: label: date made
content: 1885
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, 1885. It is an Orchestra cylinder music box, serial #4830, with 10 tunes. This music box has a two-piece comb with 63 teeth (28 & 35), and 9 bells, a drum with 8 beaters, and a 36 note organ. The cylinder is 21-9/16" long. The music box is activated by 2 crank wound springs. Accessioned with a matching table (disassembled)</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This music box was donated by E. F. Droop & Sons Co., a Washington, DC. piano, organ, musical instrument, sheet music, and music book dealer.</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: Gift of E. F. Droop & Sons Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.378894
label: accession number
content: 145956
label: catalog number
content: 378894
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music box
label: Object Name
content: music box and table
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: music box: 16 1/2 in x 42 in x 25 in; 41.91 cm x 106.68 cm x 63.5 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: table top: 1 1/4 in x 27 in x 44 in; 3.175 cm x 68.58 cm x 111.76 cm