Thorens Music Box from Child's Pedal Car
By Hauke Marxsen
Hi Andrew, Your message in the 22 March 98 MMD:
> I have a old Thorens music piece, from a 1939 child's pedal car. It
> is very pitted, two teeth are missing and the spring and spring case
> are both broken too. The cylinder is in very good shape! What I'm
> looking for is everything but the cylinder.
You should look for a comb which harmonized to the cylinder. Often
small movements have a comb which is tuned for a special melody.
A same size movement with an other melody may have a different comb.
> The whole piece is 2-1/16" x 1-13/16" (cylinder length 1").
That's the size of a normal 18-teeth Thorens movement.
> The platform model number is 126417 (the number on the back side).
The number says nothing to me.
> I also found a number on the cylinder (2867) ...
That's the melody number; I couldn't find the number in my documents.
In your case I would forget that movement; look for another movement.
Regards
Hauke
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