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A 'Royal' interchangeable musical box by Nicole Frères
No. 52659, with eight cylinders playing eight airs each, including No. 184 (oratorio), No. 35 (Faust), No. 38 (Maritana), No. 129 (Cloches de Cornville), with optional drum, six bells and castanet, lyre-form tune indicator, zither attachment, double-spring motor with speed control and crank-wind, in crossbanded and inlaid rosewood case, the lid interior with early typed lists of each cylinder and a single card border cut from the original tune-sheet -- 36in. (91.3cm.) wide, the cylinders 15in. (38cm.); the cylinders housed in a purpose-made stand with two cylinder storage drawers and two others -- 43½in. (110cm.) wide
No. 52659, with eight cylinders playing eight airs each, including No. 184 (oratorio), No. 35 (Faust), No. 38 (Maritana), No. 129 (Cloches de Cornville), with optional drum, six bells and castanet, lyre-form tune indicator, zither attachment, double-spring motor with speed control and crank-wind, in crossbanded and inlaid rosewood case, the lid interior with early typed lists of each cylinder and a single card border cut from the original tune-sheet -- 36in. (91.3cm.) wide, the cylinders 15in. (38cm.); the cylinders housed in a purpose-made stand with two cylinder storage drawers and two others -- 43½in. (110cm.) wide
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