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FS: Antique Music Boxes
By Brian Chesters

I have the following antique musical boxes for sale:

    1. Very rare sectional comb musical box. 10.25" long cylinder and
    teeth in groups of four.  Playing six airs as listed on the
    original tune card.  Plain walnut case with exposed levers.  Ca.
    1820, looks unmolested and playing well.  Price £2600.

    2. Small cylinder musical box playing four airs on a five-inch
    cylinder.  Original tune sheet and inlaid mahogany case.  Plays
    very well.  Price £600.

    3. Antique cylinder musical box playing 8 airs as listed on the
    original tune card.  No damage or repairs to mechanism, but playing
    a bit slowly.  11" long cylinder, in stained wood case with simple
    line inlay.  Price £650.

    4. Antique cylinder musical box playing 6 airs as listed on the
    original tune card.  6.25" cylinder, and no damage or repairs to
    comb.  Playing well.  Only £600.

    5. Antique key-wound musical box with 12.25" cylinder playing 8
    airs.  Needs service. No end flap to case.  Only £450.

    6. Large antique musical box playing 10 airs as listed on the
    original tune card.  No damage or repairs to the 14" comb or
    cylinder.  Plain case, and playing well.  Only £750.

    7. Reuge small-cylinder musical box playing 3 airs as listed on the
    tune card.  Nice mahogany case and playing well.  Only £135.

    8. Cylinder musical box mechanism only.  8.25" comb and cylinder in
    good condition, playing 6 airs well.  Only £220.

    9. Symphonion musical box playing 8-inch discs and contained in a
    "carved oak" style pressed case.  Looks and sounds wonderful.
     Comes with album of discs.  Price £950.

    10. Nicole frères two-per-turn key-wound musical box. Original
    tune sheet.  Plays 12 airs.  Case in poor condition.  £1200.

    11. Forte-Piano musical box with "lozenge" tune card listing 6
    airs.  Wonderful musical box.  £2200.

Contact me at g4nxw@hotmail.co.uk.geentroep (deleting .geentroep) or
telephone 07970 923 301.

Brian Chesters


(Message sent Fri 28 Nov 2008, 15:59:25 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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