Round Hand cranked Musical Box/Music Box Made of Reinforced Cardboard Amélie Poulain's Waltz from Montmartre (Yann Tiersen)

Round Hand-cranked Musical Box / Music Box made of illustrated cardboard and metal on the theme of the french bistros. 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 top of this hand-cranked music box / musical box, you can see the musical mechanism working. Melody of this hand-cranked music box / musical box: Amélie Poulain's Waltz - Amélie (Yann Tiersen). Dimensions of this hand-cranked music box / musical box : 5.7 X 5.7 X 4.2 cm. Weight of this hand-cranked music box / musical box : 65 g. 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.