Tuning Scale of 13" Komet Music Box
By Joe Teagarden
There must be at least two 13-inch Komet disc formats. You mentioned
that yours was a single comb (61 teeth). I have one that plays 13-inch
discs and has two combs with a total of 84 teeth. The combs are
arranged similar to a Regina double comb but each of the separate comb
teeth is plucked by its own star wheel. There are 84 "notes" and 84
star wheels tightly packed together.
On a Regina (and most other disc boxes with double combs) each star
wheel plucks two teeth, one on each of the combs. Discs for this
two-comb 13-inch Komet machine would look similar but would be very
different from a single comb Komet disc. They would probably have no
interchangeability. The "needle in the haystack" just got a little
smaller.
Joe Teagarden, Connecticut
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