Cylinder Music Box

Description (Brief):

This music box was made by an undetermined maker in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1880-1890. It is a cylinder music box, serial #1531, with 8 tunes. This music box has a single-piece comb with 43 teeth. The music box is activated with a crank wound spring. The tunes list for this music box is as follows

Description (Brief)

Wang Baby, Baby
Martha
Red Hussar
Boccacio
The Poor Jonathan
Chimes of Normandy
Faust up to date
Erminie

Description (Brief)

The Philadelphia music box manufacturer and dealer, Henry Grutsch & Sons imported the mechanisms from Switzerland and made the music box cases in their factory. The firm also repaired music boxes and sold other makes of music boxes.

Date Made: 1880-1890

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Switzerland

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Credit Line: Bequest of Elizabeth L. Wilkinson (through: Ripley W. Clarkson).

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1982.0011.01Accession Number: 1982.0011Catalog Number: 1982.0011.01

Object Name: music box

Physical Description: wood (overall material)material (overall material)glass (overall material)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5 1/4 in x 14 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 37.465 cm x 19.685 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4812-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_606279

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