A Zither Automatique Mandoline Expressive Music Box

with a 13-inch cylinder, playing six airs by Verdi, Strauss, Bellini, Rossini and others, with automatic zither attachment, operated by a cam in the center of the cylinder.
Height 6 x width 22 1/2 x depth 8 1/2 inches.

Property from the Myra and Larry Karp Collection of Musical Boxes and Automata, Seattle, Washington

This lot is located in Chicago.

Literature:

Journal of Mechanical Music, Spring 1990.

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European Furniture and Decorative Arts

A Zither Automatique Mandoline Expressive Music Box

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