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A changeable cylinder musical box,
No. 6769, with four mandolin cylinders (mandolin teeth in groups up to five), two playing six Verdi airs (Traviata and Il Trovatore respectively), the third four Verdi and two others, the fourth miscellaneous, concluding with God Save the Queen, ribbed brass bedplate, locking handscrews on cylinder-retaining levers, printed tune-sheet and rosewood-veneered case with bevelled corners and stringing, the domed lid inlaid with strapwork in brass and birdseye maple, on projecting base with cylinder drawer and sliding top -- 26in. (66.5cm.) wide overall, the cylinders 13in. (33cm.), on later turned legs
No. 6769, with four mandolin cylinders (mandolin teeth in groups up to five), two playing six Verdi airs (Traviata and Il Trovatore respectively), the third four Verdi and two others, the fourth miscellaneous, concluding with God Save the Queen, ribbed brass bedplate, locking handscrews on cylinder-retaining levers, printed tune-sheet and rosewood-veneered case with bevelled corners and stringing, the domed lid inlaid with strapwork in brass and birdseye maple, on projecting base with cylinder drawer and sliding top -- 26in. (66.5cm.) wide overall, the cylinders 13in. (33cm.), on later turned legs