18 Note Hand cranked Musical Box/Music Box in The Shape of a Book Milord (Edith Piaf)

Hand-cranked music box / musical box in the shape of a book made of illustrated cardboard and metal. By turning the crank of this music box / musical box continuously and in the right rhythm, the melody sounds. Hand-cranked music box / musical box with traditional 18-note musical mechanism. The musical cycle of the mechanism of this music box is approximately 15 seconds (everything depends on the rythm used to turn the crank). By opening the book of this hand-cranked music box, you can see the musical mechanism working. Melody of this hand-cranked music box / musical box in the shape of a book : Milord (Marguerite Monnot / Edith Piaf). Dimensions of this hand-cranked music box / musical box : 5 X 6 X 3 cm. Weight of this hand-cranked music box / musical box : 55 g. We also offer on Amazon a wide range of book-shaped hand-cranked music boxes / musical boxes with very diverse musics: film musics, children's musics, French song musics, etc. Encyclopedia: A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. The popular device best known today as a "music box" developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and were originally called carillons à musique (French for "chimes of music"). Some of the more complex music boxes also contain a tiny drum and/or bells in addition to the metal comb.