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Twelve-air Piccolo Zither Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland, c. 1890, brass bedplate with silvered tag reading in part Longe Marche 1879 , 16-in. cylinder, dual springs and lever crank, zither attachment, dual combs one stamped with an anchor, change/repeat and start/stop levers, colored lithographed tune sheet attached to inside of lid, string- and floral-inlaid rosewood veneered box, with cast brass handles, lg. 24 in.


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Date:
2014-11-01

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