Paillard & Cie. Cylinder Music Box
Paillard & Cie. Cylinder Music Box
- Description
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This music box was made by Charles Paillard & Cie. in St. Croix, Switzerland, 1841. It is a cylinder music box, with 4 tunes. The music box has a cylinder one-piece comb with 51 teeth. The cylinder is 2-3/4" long. The music box is activated with a key wound metal spring.
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John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a small size music box (#6833), for $10.20.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- music box
- maker
- Charles Paillard & Cie.
- Charles Paillard & Cie.
- place made
- Switzerland
- Physical Description
- mahogany (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- celluloid (overall material)
- walnut (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 3/8 in; 5.715 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.5725 cm
- ID Number
- MI.055715
- accession number
- 11535
- catalog number
- 55715
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Mechanical Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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