Mermod Frères Spieldosen

Spieldosen / music boxes

(including tune sheets Swiss cross on the LEFT side / and tune sheets Swiss cross on the RIGHT side)

[1] Orchestre etc., [2] Coming soon, [3] 12 Airs (MF-mark on cock), [4] Peerless Forte Piccolo, [5] Peerless, [6] Piccolo, [7] 8 Airs, [8] 6 Airs, [9] Tambour Timbres Castagnettes, [10] 8 Airs, [11] 12 Airs, [12] Coming soon, [13] Sublime Harmonie Tambone Timbres, [14] 8 Airs, [15] 10 Airs, [16] without tune sheet, [17] 8 Airs, [18] oak box, [19] Sublime Harmponie Picc, 5 interchangeable cylinders, [20] without tune sheet, [21] Peerless forte piccolo, [22] With maker's mark on the comb, [23] With maker's mark on the comb, [24] Interchangeable, with 4 cylinders, [25] Wacht am Rhein, Lorelei, [26] Trovatore, Carmen, Mascotte, [27] Lyra mit M. F.-Marke, [28] Sublime Harmonie Piccolo, [29] Coin operated, [30], [31], [32] Movement with 32 notes, [33] Seven 13-inches-cylinder interchangeable, [34] Idéal Guitare, [35] movement with a maker`s mark on the cock, [36] interchangeable: 6 cylinders, [37] interchangeable: 3 cylinders, [38], [39] 2nd: Chimes of Normandy, [40] 1st: Old folks at home, [41] Coin operated desk top, [42] Upright Bureau Desk in the Biedermeier-Aufsatzkommode style, [43 Coin operated, 140 cm high], [44] Any number of cylinders can be obtained for this box, [45], [46] (empty music sheet), [47], [48], [49], [50], [51]-12air-trov-marth-bohemgirl-mockbird, [52] coin op drop one cent, [53] Peerless, [54] Peerless Fortepiano piccolo Interchangeable (3 cyl.), [55] no s/n, [56] no s/n, 2 additional cylinders,
80 GOLD hidden bells,
2122 (first Swiss cross on the right), 2471, 2564, 2787, 5640, 7410 (GOLD),

8475 (first Swiss cross on the left), 8833

9054, 9164 (year 1876)

10006 (tune sheet printed by FESTU & MASSIN), 10098, 10109, 10856, 11618, 11799, 11927, 11966, 12032, 12518, 12646, 13355, 13651, 13919, 13985, 14888, 15358, 15204, 16375, 18012, 18216, 18379, 18688, 18814, 18999, 19034, 19212, 19872 / 19876, 20273, 20350, 20614, 20801, 21098, 21269, 21460, 21942, 21961 (year 1885),

Some words to the music boxes from 1885 to 1895),

21985 (tune sheet printed by FESTU & MASSIN), 22081, 22184, 22219, 22387, 22428, 23217, 23895, 24183, 24668, 24853, 25619, 25852, 26084, 26086, 26420, 26506 (GOLDFARBEN), 26621, 26735, 28428, 29195, 29765, 30429, 30851, 31653, 31778, 32379, 37445, 37086, 37831, 3845X, 38502, 38638, 38666, 40233, 40592, 40842 Excelsior, 41564, 41650, 41719, 43241, 43441, 43459, 43585, 43676, 44715, 45369, 45788, [46000], 46282, 48852, 49108, 49161, 49930, 50180, 50686, 51137, 51273, 51984, 52211, 52880, 53012, 53964, 54642 (GOLD), 55686, 56230, 56428, 57489, 57608, 58971, 59835, 59967, 60555, 60576, 60933, 61028, 61086, 61393 61492, 61492, 62095 , 62509, 62811 (tune sheet printed by CHAMPENOIS), 62824, 63898, 64558 (crank in the right side), 64686, 64711 (GOLD), 65162,

65607 (last tune sheet Swiss cross right),

66145, 66482, 66750, 66966, 68009, 68187, 68608, 68660, 68866, 68868, 68955, 69084, 69110, 69577, 69822, 70025, 70177, 70380, 70608, 70771, 70681, 71318, 71463, 71594 (year 1893), 71995, 72113, 72367, 72826, 72932, 73317, 73693, 74423, 74749, 77016 (GOLD), 77482, 78206, 78636, 80243, 80256, 80278, 80368, 80458, 80713, 80739, 80876, 81065, 81095, 81308, 81523, 81927, 82735, 93661, 95047, 100518, 101079, 101329, 103162, 103857, 106618, 107069, 107215, 107610, 108210, 108736, 117550, 117617,

117977 (last Swiss Cross left), 118683,

119645, 121311, 123323, 127619, 128977,

After 1886 (Dan Morphy),

After 1888: 3117, Yellow patina paint (Veilinghuis de Jager),

After 1888: 7213,

After 1888: Concerta,

After 1888: 1st: Washington Post,

Sehr späte Spieldose, die MF zugeschrieben werden könnte (fiktive N° 199999),
Sehr späte Spieldose, die MF zugeschrieben werden könnte (fiktive N° 200000)
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Station box or show case box,

Oak Case,

Die mit dem Zusatz GOLD versehenen Verweise 7410, 54642 und 77016 sind mit einer Musiktafel mit teilweise goldfarbigen Hintergrund

Wenn Bulleid 276 recht hat, sind beide Varianten, sowohl die mit dem Schweizer Kreuz LINKS als auch die mit dem Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS von der Pariser (!) Druckerei Festu & Massin angefertigt worden




Please, see necessarily also the Chapter
Mermod music boxes from 1885 on




no s/n [1], Orchestre [etc.]
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no s/n [2]
Coming soon


no s/n [3], 12 Airs
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no s/n [4], Peerless Forte Piccolo
(Peerless = interchangeable cylinder)
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retailed by Jacot & Son

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Private ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


no s/n [5], Peerless (=interchangeable cylinder)
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Any number of cylinders can be obtained für this box

Ord-Hume, Music Box, tune sheet N° 46


no s/n [6] Piccolo
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no s/n [7], 8 Airs
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no s/n [8], 6 Airs
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no s/n [9] Tambour Timbres Castagnettes
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no s/n [10], 8 airs
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no s/n [N° 11], 12 Airs
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No serial [N° 12]

MF-mark in cock

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no s/n [13] Sublime Harmonie Tambone Timbres
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no s/n [14], 8 Airs
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no s/n [15], 10 Airs
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no s/n [16] (ohne Musiktafel)

 

 

 

 

 


no s/n [17], 8 Airs
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no s/n [N° 18], oak box


Palmettenlyra


Case measures: 9 1/2" high X 27" long X 12 1/2" wide



no s/n [N° 19], Sublime Harmponie Picc, 5 interchangeable cylinders


Private ownership


no s/n [N° 20] (without tune sheet)

 

 

 

 

 


no s/n [N° 21] Peerless forte piccolo

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no s/n [N° 22] (without tune sheet, with maker's mark on the comb)


Comb bottom rIght: Mermod's mark


no s/n [N° 23] (without tune sheet, with maker's mark on the comb)


Comb bottom rIght: Mermod's mark


no s/n [N° 24] Interchangeable, with 4 cyl.


Comb bottom right: Mermod's mark


no s/n [N° 25] Wacht am Rhein, Lorelei
Swiss Cross RIGHT


no s/n [N° 26] Trovatore, Carmen, Mascotte
Swiss Cross RIGHT


The original tune sheet was much greater


The case not belonging to the movement


Ebay 2022 Jul 5


no s/n [N° 27] Lyra mit M.F.-Marke



no s/n [N° 28]
Sublime Harmony Piccolo
Swiss Cross LEFT



no s/n [N° 29] Coin operated


no s/n [N° 30] Click here


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no s/n [N° 32] Coming soon


no s/n [N° 33]
Seven 13-inches-cylinder interchangeable
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no s/n [N° 34] Click here


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no s/n [N° 46] Click here


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no s/n [N° 48] Click here


no s/n [N° 49] Click here


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Work in progress


no s/n [N° 51] Click here


no s/n [N° 52] Click here


Work in progress


N° 2122 (Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS)

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N° 2471 Click here


N° 2564 Click here


N° 5640 Click here


N° 7410 Click here


N° 8475 Click here


N° 9054 Click here


N° 10006 Click here


N° 10098 Click here


N° 11966 Click here


N° 12032 Click here


N° 12518 Click here


N° 12646 Click here


N° 13651 Click here


N° 13919 Click here


N° 13985 Click here

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15204
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N° 15358
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59 x 23 x 15 cm


Ebay 2020 May 19


N° 18012
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N° 18688
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Privatbesitz


N° 18814
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N° 18999
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N° 19034 Sublime Harmonie
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©Private ownership


N° 19212 Sublime Harmonie
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N° 20273: Click here


N° 20350
Guitare
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Ebay 2022 Aug 20


N° 20614
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N° 20801 please, click here

 


N° 21098 Sublime Harmonie
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17” Long x 8” Wide x 6” Tall


N° 21269 Sublime Harmonie, Longe Marche, Patent 355241
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10.5'' H x 23.75'' W x 11.75''D



A large Swiss eight-tune music box offers rosewood case having satinwood inlaid banding and marquetry reserve, JL Wood, c1890Measures- 10.5''H x 23.75''W x 11.75''D.


N° 21460 Piccolo
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N° 21961
(Bulleid, Technology, to be dated from the year 1885)
(not pictured)


N° 21985


hard to read, but we can trust Bulleid:

 


N° 22081 Sublime Harmonie Piccolo
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N° 22184 (?)
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All original Swiss coin operated cylinder music box made by Mermod Freres, one of the best known for quality music boxes. All tunes made for the American market. Has original key for lock. Original finish wood case in very good condition with arrow through the heart design on the lid. Size: 16,5 x 51 x 23,5 cm.


N° 22219 Sublime Harmonie Piccolo,
1st: Carnival of Venice,
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N° 22387
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N° 22428
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©Lisa Leone (Facebook 2022 Aug 2)


N° 23217 (ohne Musiktafel)

 

 

 

 


N° 23895 Piccolo
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N° 24183 Longe Marche Sublime Harmonie
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Ord-Hume, Music Box, tune sheet N° 44


N° 24668

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N° 24853 Sublime Harmonie Tambone Timbres
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25619
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16 x 7 x 6 inches high


Ebay 2021 Dec 15


N° 25852
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N° 26420
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N° 26506
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Background GOLD coloured
Warranted to run 45 minutes
Sublime Harmonie


76 cm x 33 cm x 25 cm



N° 26621
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N° 26735 Sublime Harmonie
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N° 28428
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Transfer decoration on the lid


N° 29765

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N° 30429
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N° 31778
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N° 32379
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N° 37445 Guitare
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N° 37831 6 airs / Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS


4: Genée, Nanon


14 x 46 x 23 cm


N° 3845X 8 airs / Schweizer Kreuz RECHTS


8: Genée, Nanon


Ebay 2022 Apr 16


N° 38638
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N° 38666
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Ebay 2022 Feb 22


N° 41564
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N° 41650 Timbres Vue
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N° 41719
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7.5"Lx9Wx5.5H


N° 43441
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8: Nanon



N° 43459 Forte Piccolo
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Private ownership

 


N° 43585
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45369
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30 x 9 x 16 cm


Transfer decoration on the lid



N° 46282
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N° 48852
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N° 49161 Tambour Timbres Castagnettes
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N° 49930

 

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N° 50686
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Budik

 


N° 50686

 

 

 

 

 


N° 51137

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N° 51273
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N° 52211 (ohne Musiktafel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


N° 52880
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N° 53012
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N° 54642
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N° 55686
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N° 56428
to be dated from 1890 (Bulleid, Technology, p. 80, fig. 2-10)

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N° 57608

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N° 58971


Ebay 2022 Jun 14


N° 59835
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N° 60555
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Ebay 2022 Sept 23


N° 60576
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N° 60933
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Transfer decoration

 


 


N° 61028
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N° 61393 (ohne Musiktafel)

 

 

 


N° 61492
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N° 62509

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N° 62824

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63898


65162
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N° 65607
LAST tune sheet with the Swiss cross RIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 


N° 66145
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N° 66966
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N° 68009
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N° 68187
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7: Genée, Nanon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


17.5 x 9 x 6 inch

 


Ebay 2022 Jan 26


N° 68660
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N° 68866

Look carefully on the lower loop of the 8, it is greater then the upper one! Therefore we read this as 68866 and not as 86688


A lockable opening of the ground of the box! We cannot say whether it is original or not, any rate it seems to be very old! Maybe an original device like this one would habe been more elaborate and not so simple?


N° 68955

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N° 69577
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N° 69084: Click here


N° 69822: Click here


N° 70025
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Ebay 2022 Jun 2


N° 70177
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N° 70380


N° 70608
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N° 70771
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1: Lutz
6: Genée


transfer decoration


Ebay 2022 Jun 4


Desing of the tune sheet not fitting here, but the nummer fits in: N° 70681


Private ownership


N° 71318

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N° 71594
(Bulleid, Technology, to be dated from the year 1893)
(not pictured)


N° 71852
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15.5 x 7.5 x 6 inches

©Direct Auction Galleries, Inc., Chicago, IL, US, Lot 280, 2022, February 12


N° 71995

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N° 72367


N° 72826
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N° 72932
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N° 73317
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N° 73693 (ohne Musiktafel)

 

 


N° 74423
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N° 74749
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Glass lid opens to reveal, nickel plated movement with 8.25-inch cylinder, two-part comb, Jacot's Patented Safety Check and Change-Repeat selection dial. Jacot's Safety Check Patent Sept 22 1886. Other patent dates Sept. 22, 1885, Dec. 6, 1887, Mai. 8, 1888. D.R.P. [REDACTED]. Original Programme Card with songs marked 74749 with the tune sheet listing eight selections including "Song of the Nightingall", "The Man With The Elephant" and "Schottisch" Measures 19" Long x 9" Wide x 6.5" Tall. Item is in very good pre-owned condition, missing two tines https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-mermod-freres-swiss-cylinder-1868333170


N° 75582
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N° 77016
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Ebay 2022 Feb 23


N° 77482
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SERIAL NUMBER 77482. THE BODY AND MECHANISM IN NICE ESTATE FOUND CONDITION, APPEARS YO HAVE BEEN ALWAYS LOOKED AFTER. CABINET MEASURES 23" WIDE X 9" DEEP X 7" HIGH


N° 78636
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Ebay 2022 Sept 13


N° 80243
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N° 80256
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N° 80368


N° 80458 (ohne Musiktafel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


80739
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80739

 

 

 


N° 80876


N° 81065
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For an extensive documentation
(PICT and all pieces of music!) of

please click here and then on THE COLLECTION and then CARTELS and finally on the following button


1: Little Alabama Coon
4: Robin Air
5: Blue Bells of Scotland
7: Bohemian Girls
8: Home Sweet Home


tune sheet


Cylinder bearing


N° 81095
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N° 81308
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N° 81523
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N° 81927 Please, click here


N° 93661 coinoperated


1910, USA: Built by the Boston Automatic Music Box Co. in the early 20th century. 22cm (8 - 1/2") cylinder playing 62 teeth with coin operation and Jacot & Son safety check. CONSIDERATIONS: The walnut case in in very good condition, showing light wear and some surface scuffs consistent with age and use. The comb is complete with no repairs, and the coin operation works as intended. Serial number 93661. Condition: (Very Good). Dimensions: 17 - 5/8" x 8 - 11/16" x 9 - 1/4".


N° 95047 (coinoperated: 1933)

US-Patent and May 9-1933 and May 16-1933


mark of Mermod Frères


9 inches tall, 9 inches deep, 20 inches wide


Ebay 2022 Jul 18


N° 101079
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N° 101329
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N° 103162 (ohne Musiktafel)

 


N° 106618
Tambour, Timbres, Castagnettes
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N° 107215
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N° 107610
Sublime, Harmonie, Piccolo
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N° 108210
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N° 113102


Privatbesitz


N° 117550
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N° 117977 Flutes Timbres
Swiss cross LEFT

 

 

 

 

 


N° 128977


Station box or show case box

44" wide x 19" deep x 78" high

Exceptionally and rare automaton cylinder musical box, a marvel of musical craftsmanship. Through the window, one can view a fluttering butterfly and four maidens twirling and dancing along on their “stage” to the music box’s tune. Highly sought-after by collectors. Circa 1890

In perfect working order, it possesses a crisp, melodious sound as it plays one of three accompanying cylinders, each with six tunes. Tune selector, Jacot parachute safety and speed regulator. An ornate inlaid burl walnut cabinet is the perfect complement, featuring two fitted drawers with the capacity to hold four cylinders.

Rau Antiques, item N° 29-5602


 

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