Hi all,  There is an auction coming up this week in the UK, in which
there are three cylinder musical boxes, and all three are worth the visit.
I have made arrangements to attend.

There is a large cylinder box with six bells played by three painted
mandarins with hammers.  Each mandarin nods his head as the cylinder
rotates.  All the boxes I have seen like this have had cylinders of
about 9 or 11 inches long; however, on the photo this one looks to be
15 or 17 inches in length.  The tune sheet is intact but the right hand
panel with the start/stop lever and change tune lever is missing.

There is a nice key wound Nicole Freres overture box.  The comb looks in
very nice condition, however the tune sheet is missing.  The final one is
a mandolin box in reasonable condition.

I will let you know what happens later this week.

Brian Chesters -- Isle of Man
http://www.litter-boss.co.uk/antique