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Unknown Musical Box Plays 30 cm Discs
By Michael Moretti

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I just acquired an unmarked music box (a Symphonion?) that came with
several disks.  The mechanism is double-comb, with 43 teeth on each
of the diametrically placed combs.  The box has a coin slot, although
I can't see any mechanism to work with that.

The discs which came with it are 11-7/8" (30 cm) in diameter and seem
to play fine.  They have been modified, however; originally they had
only a spindle hole but have since been punched with a second hole to
accommodate the extra pin.

Any assistance in identifying this machine would be very appreciated
so that I can start collecting some proper discs.  Photos at
http://homepage.mac.com/moretti/PhotoAlbum11.html

Best regards,

Michael Moretti
moretti@mac.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]


(Message sent Mon 12 May 2003, 15:45:33 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  30, Box, cm, Discs, Musical, Plays, Unknown

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