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Music Box Plays Self-Punched Paper Strips
By Marc Kaufman

Mando Jost wrote:

> The paper strips are about 3 inches wide by 18 inches long, and in
> order to make the holes in the strips you have to punch the little
> black dots out yourself (with a sturdy, included hole-puncher).
> A hand-crank mechanism rolls the strips through the box and over
> the comb.

This is probably a Sanyo "Limonaire".  I've seen them for US$ 65
without a case.  According to Sanyo, they were never imported into
the USA, but they tend to show up often in European toy stores.

Marc Kaufman


(Message sent Sat 14 Aug 1999, 15:34:12 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Box, Music, Paper, Plays, Self-Punched, Strips

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