Music Box
1870 (made)
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Revolver music box in a case of rosewood with tulipwood crossbanding and stringing of sycamore. U.S. Patent No. 105972 August 2nd 1870. Four cylinders are mounted on a revolving frame, each thirteen inches long and playing six airs listed on the original programme card.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Music box in rosewood, tulipwood and sycamore |
| Brief description | Revolver music box by Paillard, with four cylinders mounted in a revolving frame, each playing six tunes. Swiss, ca. 1870. |
| Physical description | Revolver music box in a case of rosewood with tulipwood crossbanding and stringing of sycamore. U.S. Patent No. 105972 August 2nd 1870. Four cylinders are mounted on a revolving frame, each thirteen inches long and playing six airs listed on the original programme card. |
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| Credit line | Purchase made possible through the gift of an anonymous benefactor |
| Object history | In 1870 Amedée Paillard patented a type of box designed to hold a number of cylinders at the same time. This ingenious mechanism meant that as many as forty different tunes could be played consecutively. In spite of the obvious advantages of such a system, relatively few music boxes of this type were actually made. |
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| Accession number | W.67-1975 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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