c.1890 Antique SWISS Cylinder Music Box- 6 Tunes and PLAYS! All Original cond.
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Most of the disc and cylinder music box makers went out of business by 1910. This music box is of wood AND IT WORKS! On the outside of the box it is a rich maple tone with a painted black edge. On the inside the original printed sheet of paper which describes the 6 songs is in Swiss. The image on the sheet of paper is the yellow lilly. The image is held on the box by silver studs. It does say...'made in switzerland' on the sheet of paper. I do not know the language so I could not tell you the songs, but I posted a pic of them. It does play and the knobs work and all the parts lift out as expected. There is a sheet of glass that folds over the music maker, itself as seen in the images. I can not find a mark on the box of the manufacture. There are some scribbles under the song titles of 2,3 and 4 on the sheet of music. Information on the history of these antique music boxes can be found at this link.... /history.php
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