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Seek Antique Cylinder Musical Box Governor
By David Evans

Does anyone have a spare music box governor they would part with?
I need one for an interesting form of interchangeable cylinder movement
from circa 1890.  In an ideal world the governor would be nickel plated
and have a 12-leaf pinion.  Measurements are: approximately 2" high to
the top of the endless cock, 2" long, excluding the projecting first
governor wheel, and about 1/2" wide.

The movement has a mounting screw hole through from underneath the
bedplate and threaded into the bottom of the governor.  I 'borrowed'
one from another cylinder movement of about the right period and its
pinion meshed perfectly with the cylinder arbor drive gear.

If you have anything somewhere near right I could probably adapt it
to fit, including changing the first pinion if it proved incorrect.
I would prefer not to have to make the whole thing from scratch!
Thank you in case you can help!

Happy New Year,
David Evans in Canada


(Message sent Wed 28 Dec 2016, 03:57:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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