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A mandoline musical box by Nicole Frres,
No. 42894, playing twelve mainly operatic airs (two-per-turn, Gamme No. 2418), with smooth brass bedplate, three control levers, tune-sheet and grained case with inlaid and crossbanded rosewood-veneerd lid -- 21in. (54cm.) wide, the cylinder 12.1/8 x 3.1/8in. (31 x 8cm.) diam., circa 1871
No. 42894, playing twelve mainly operatic airs (two-per-turn, Gamme No. 2418), with smooth brass bedplate, three control levers, tune-sheet and grained case with inlaid and crossbanded rosewood-veneerd lid -- 21in. (54cm.) wide, the cylinder 12.1/8 x 3.1/8in. (31 x 8cm.) diam., circa 1871