An 11 7/8-inch Symphonion Disc musical box

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An 11 7/8-inch Symphonion Disc musical box
No. 238350, with 'Sublime Harmony' combs and crank-wind motor, in figured walnut veneered case with glass dust lid, printed tune list and Imhof & Muckle retailers' transfer, embossed lid panel with brass lion-mask pull, on purpose-made stand with central 24-disc storage cupboard between turned supports, with twenty-three discs -overall height 37in. (94cm.) (stop/start knob missing, old worm, case slotted for lever-wind motor and controls)

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Lot Essay

The slots in the case indicate that this instrument originally had a lever-wind motor, but the change to crank wind appears to have occurred at an early date and is accompanied by the correct carrying handles, doubling as escutcheons for the crank on the right and the (missing) stop/start knob on the left.

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