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.