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Description
25" (64 cm.) w. x 9"h. with lid open x 10"d. In a very handsome,beveled wooden case with rosewood veneer and inlaid banding on the top and the front,and decorated with a marquetry floral medallion on the lid and a similar design with winged cherubs centering the front,is a musical movement consisting of a 14" cylinder playing upon a 67-note musical comb with a bank of 17 reeds. The box has a protective glass inner lid with a carved and ebonized fretted acoustic panel at the rear to let the sounds of the reeds out. Attributed to Bremond,Geneva,Switzerland,circa 1870. The title Flute Voix Celeste,meaning "heavenly voices" was given over to music boxes to which were added freely vibrating reeds for a flute effect.