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Unknown Lever-wind Cylinder Musical Box
By John Grant

A customer friend of mine wants to identify and valuate a cylinder
musical box he has for sale.  It's missing the tune sheet and I am
not knowledgeable enough about music boxes to provide him the needed
information.  It was worked on by Marv Freund, who would have known
everything about it but, unfortunately, asking him is now not possible.

To my ear, it needs some "tweaking".  This URL is a link to a video
file of the box playing one identifiable tune, "The Blue Danube Waltz":

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8jjyxn40kin0zz/20150711_112601.mp4?dl=0  [111 MB]

The cylinder contains 10 or 12 tunes (the owner is uncertain of the
number), and is almost exactly 11" long and 2" in diameter.  The
number "213 38" is stamped on the bracket supporting the left end
of the cylinder, but nothing on the bed plate itself (see photo).

Below are links to photos with the lid open and closed.  One control
lever is marked Change/Repeat, the other Start/Stop.  Any information
will be appreciated.  Any offers?  Repair estimates?

John Grant

 [ Lid Closed
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/15/07/12/150712_095808_20150711_112019.jpg 
 [ Lid Open
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/15/07/12/150712_095808_20150711_112119.jpg 
 [ Number stamped on bracket
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/15/07/12/150712_193722_Music%20box%20number%20detail.JPG 


(Message sent Mon 13 Jul 2015, 02:37:22 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Box, Cylinder, Lever-wind, Musical, Unknown

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