[ Christopher van Essen wrote in 180212 MMDigest:

> I'm reporting the theft of two of my boxes (in the UK): ...

It's probably unwise and a violation of the Internet Miscegenation Act,
but I've copied Mr. van Essen's note about his stolen music boxes to
the 'stolen horological items' section of the NAWCC discussion forums.

The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Inc. (NAWCC)
is a big organization, nominally American but fairly international,
at which clocks and watches are discussed.  Maybe it'll help; their
website is  https://nawcc.org/ 

They're already sore at me for questioning cherished traditions in
clock repair, so this won't hurt any!

Mark Kinsler