A Mandoline Piccolo Interchangeable cylinder musical box

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A Mandoline Piccolo Interchangeable cylinder musical box
by Mojon Manger, Nos. 293879 and 812, with six cylinders playing six airs each (one operatic, two popular and light opera, two sacred, one dance), with double-spring motor, three-wing governor, zither attachment (lacking parchment), tune sheets and thuya-veneered case with stringing and ebony banding, the lid with brass, mother-of-pearl and enamel inlay and quarter-veneered and banded walnut interior, on matching (non-fitted) table with drawer for four cylinders -- 47in. (120cm.) wide, the cylinders 13in. (33cm.), circa 1885, with a separate thuya-veneered and inlaid cylinder storage box for four cylinders (2)

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