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Unknown Tune on Unusual 3-tune Thorens Music Box
By Don Caine

[ Ref. Peter Thorp in 220124 MMD ]

Hi Peter, I'm not 100% sure, but based on the other two tunes and my
old Thorens tune lists, that unknown tune is probably "Silver Threads
Among The Gold." (The only other possible Irish tune I can find on my
old Thorens tune lists is "Killarny".)

How a 3-tune 36-note Thorens changing movement got into a cabinet with
a 4-tune 36-note label is yet a mystery. The 28 1/2 on the existing tune
card is/was Thorens designation for a cabinet with a 4/36 note movement.

Actually, you may have 38 teeth on the comb but only 36 notes will be
utilized for each tune as it shifts from left to right.

Most sincerely,

Don Caine, Proprietor - The Music Box Repair Center Unlimited
Lomita, California
tel.: 1-310-534-1557


(Message sent Fri 28 Jan 2022, 17:09:53 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

Key Words in Subject:  3-tune, Box, Music, Thorens, Tune, Unknown, Unusual

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