Hi Mark,  The musical mechanism you are working on appears to be

a 2-tune 50-note movement (possibly Paillard?), from what were known

then as "Musik-Albums" or now as "Antique Musical Photo Albums".

They were quite popular from 1890 through the early 1990s where

they were sold as novelty items and where the musical component was

generally considered as being of secondary importance.



I would suspect that your assessment and diagnosis of the flywheel

being the root cause of the problem is probably correct.  The fact

that the pins on the cylinder are badly bent is indicative that it

experienced what is known as a "run", in which the flywheel was broken

or dislodged and the cylinder spun at high speed and the pins of the

cylinder were bent and misshapen.  All those pins will have to be

straightened out and "dressed" in addition to the governor repair

or replacement.  There are probably several other problems of which

you are yet unaware that will require attention as well.



Unless your client has a very strong sentimental attachment to this

particular piece, the known and unknown problems with the mechanism,

combined with the book being in very distressed condition, leads me

to believe that the cost of repairing and restoring it is quite likely

far more than the item is intrinsically "worth".



Similar "Antique musical photo Albums" and their musical mechanisms

recently sold on eBay from $10 to $200; see



http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=musical%20photo%20albums%20antique&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684 



A photo album with a musical mechanism almost identical to yours

recently sold for about $20.00 including the shipping, see:



http://www.ebay.com/itm/252161165290 



My suggestion would be for you, or the client, look to eBay as a source

of a replacement for the entire album, or at least as a source from

which to cannibalize the parts needed to make restoration possible.



Most sincerely wishing you Good Luck

in addition to a Happy New Year!



Don Caine - Proprietor, The Music Box Repair Center Unlimited

Lomita, California

tel.: 1-310-534-1557, cell: 1-310-386-6038

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