Mermod Freres Orchestra Cylinder Music Box: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mermod Freres Orchestra Cylinder Music Box: date made: 1888 - 1892. maker: Mermod Freres. Object Name: music box.
The object in the museum catalogue
This music box was made by Mermod Freres in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1888-1892. It is an orchestra cylinder music box, serial #117073, with 10 tunes. This music box has a three-piece comb with 74 teeth (12,56,6), and a drum with 6 beaters, 6 bells, and a castanet with 6 beaters. The music box is coin activated, with a crank wound spring.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1888 - 1892
- maker: Mermod Freres
- Object Name: music box
- Physical Description: wood, oak (case material)
- Physical Description: glass (inner lid material)
- Physical Description: brass (works material)
- Physical Description: steel (works material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 in x 27 1/2 in x 15 in; 27.94 cm x 69.85 cm x 38.1 cm
- place made: Switzerland
- ID Number: MI.379271
- accession number: 150151
- catalog number: 379271
- serial number: 117073
- Credit Line: Gift of Louis Miller
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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