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Hi Jody,  I was wondering if you could take a look at the photo
attachment and tell me what this music box base could have been
used for.  It plays a song which I'm not familiar with.

The wood base is very old; the finish has turned almost black from
age.  It has two turn-off/turn-on keys: one is to the speed regulator
fan, and the other connects the music box mechanism to start it
playing.

It looks like there could have been a very big glass dome over
it, because the wood is a different color than the outer 1-1/2"
circumference of the base.  The comb has about 58 teeth.  (My eyes
aren't what they used to be!)

It has, as you can see, a steel rod that turns, like there used to
be something attached to it, but it looks like whatever it was broke
off.  It also has some holes in the base, from what looks like nails
or something like that, which may or may not have been to hold down
the dome.  I'm not sure.

I have looked on the 'Net and found nothing, so I was wondering if
you could help me.  Many thanks,

Joy McNally
Texas

 [ I'll place your photo at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/
 [ See "Thorens Catalog No. 44 of August 1952" at
 [   http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/Pictures/thorensCat.html
 [   http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/Pictures/thorensCat3.jpg
 [ Thorens movements model 415/C and 420P appear similar.
 [ -- Robbie