Object Details
- Mermod Freres
- Description
This music box was made by Mermod Freres in St. Croix, Switzerland, about 1897. It is a Stella disc floor model #268, serial #3819, with a lower compartment with 12 slots for holding discs. This music box has double comb of 84 teeth each. The music box plays 17 1/4" diameter perforated metal discs. The spring is crank wound. Accessioned with 61 discs (MI.381443.01 - .61).
This music box features the following patents:
U. S. Patent #326743, dated September 22, 1885, by C. Henry Jacot, for a safety-check for music boxes.
U. S. Patent #557349, dated March 31, 1896, by Alexis Vernaz, for improvements in music boxes.
U. S. Patent #565649, dated August 11, 1896, by Alexis Vernaz, for a device for adjusting sprocket wheels in musical instruments.
U. S. Patent #585578, dated June 29, 1897, by Aristides H. Jacot, for improvements in music boxes.
According to the accession correspondence, this music box and accompanying discs were purchased by the donor in Worcester, Massachusetts, July 25. 1901
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louella C. Perry (through: James E. Farrell)
- ca 1897
- ID Number
- MI.381443
- accession number
- 159680
- catalog number
- 381443
- Object Name
- music box
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 37 3/4 in x 29 5/8 in x 22 1/2 in; 95.885 cm x 75.2475 cm x 57.15 cm
- place made
- Switzerland
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Mechanical Musical Instruments
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605780
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-48b5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
