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A Fine Overture Musical Box
No. 2377, playing six airs (William Tell, Don Giovanni, Robert Diable, Fra Diavolo, Semiramide and Barber of Seville), with large single-spring crank-wind motor, reeded bedplate and single-section comb of approximately 122 teeth, the ebonised interior and inner lid with crossbanded kingwood inlaid frame, in rosewood-veneered case and reproduced tunesheet inside domed lid with further kingwood crossbanding outside triple line-inlay, with ebonised moulded edge and small plinth base -27in. (68.5cm) wide, the cylinder 13in. (33cm), 3½in. (9cm) diameter approximately, (fully restored, extreme bass tip replaced)
No. 2377, playing six airs (William Tell, Don Giovanni, Robert Diable, Fra Diavolo, Semiramide and Barber of Seville), with large single-spring crank-wind motor, reeded bedplate and single-section comb of approximately 122 teeth, the ebonised interior and inner lid with crossbanded kingwood inlaid frame, in rosewood-veneered case and reproduced tunesheet inside domed lid with further kingwood crossbanding outside triple line-inlay, with ebonised moulded edge and small plinth base -27in. (68.5cm) wide, the cylinder 13in. (33cm), 3½in. (9cm) diameter approximately, (fully restored, extreme bass tip replaced)
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