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- OBJECT TYPE
- DISK/COIN-OPERATED
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0556.001
- MANUFACTURER
- POLYPHONMUSIKWERKE AG
- MODEL
- 105P
- LOCATION
- Leipzig, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 22
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 WOOD CASE; GLASS WINDOW; METAL & WOOD WORKS/.2 ALL WOOD CASE; SOME METAL FITTINGS/.3-.22 ZINC DISKS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 80.0 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 148.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- POLYPHON
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Leipzig
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1890s
- Canada
-
BROUGHT TO CANADA BY NCC. - Function
-
PLAYS SPECIALLY PERFORATED 24-1/2 INCH DISK WHEN A PENNY WAS INSERTED INTO THE COIN-SLOT. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LARGE-FORMAT DISK POLYPHON. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 'POLYPHON' INCISED ON TOP PANEL OF FRONT/ 'POLYPHON' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON BED PLATE/ 'DESTR PRIV 4774' & '78' INCISED ON STOP ARM ABOVE DRUM/ '8514' INCISED IN ARM HANGING FROM CENTRE DOME/ METAL PLATES SCREWED TO LEFT & RIGHT SIDES OF CASING, NEAR COIN SLOTS BEAR FOLLOWING INFO.: 'DROP A PENNY/ IN THE SLOT./ H. PETERS & CO. LONDON'/ THE PLATE ON THE RIGHT ALSO MARKED: 'Made in Lepzing'.
- Missing
- .1: 4 CARVED WOOD FINIALS.
- Finish
- .1-.2 WALNUT (?) VENEER, VARNISHED; CRANK & PLAYING MECHANISMS ARE WHITE FERROUS METAL AND BRASS/ BRASS KEY.
- Decoration
- MUSIC BOX DECORATED WITH VARIOUS STYLES OF OPEN WORK; DECORATIVE RAIL OF SPOOLWORK AND TWO CARVED FINIALS AT TOP OF.1/ SOME PARTS OF PLAYING MECHANISM HAVE DECORATIVEGILDING.
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