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Symphonion Floor Standing 13 5/8" Disc Musical A
Symphonion Floor Standing 13 5/8" Disc Musical A
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Symphonion Floor Standing 13 5/8" Disc Musical Automat.




Produced by Symphonion Musikwerke, Leipzig, Germany, Serial #190380, coin-operated, playing four musical comb sections of 100 teeth total in sublime harmony piccolo format, mounted on gilt ribbed cast iron bedplate, in walnut one piece cabinet with disc storage in upper section, turned columns flanking frosted glazed door, lower arched panel flanked by leaf carving, name plaque and pediment above, with ten center drive discs.
The size of a disc does not tell the entire story. Symphonion founder and patentee of the removable disc music box, Oskar Paul Lochmann held the patent for the two part disc projections used to fit 100 individual tracks on the 13 5/8" Symphonion disc as compared to the later 76 track Regina 15 ½" Regina disc.
Dimensions: 23" x 18.5" x 83" H

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Symphonion Floor Standing 13 5/8" Disc Musical A

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