Lutèce Créations Paperweight Music Box / Musical Box Made Of Reinforced Cardboard On The Theme Of The Moulin Rouge With 18-Note Wind Up Musical Mechanism - Orpheus In The Underworld - French Cancan (Jacques Offenbach)

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Paperweight musical box / music box made of reinforced cardboard. Paperweight musical box / music box with 18-note wind up musical mechanism. Paperweight musical box / music box on the theme of the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The music cycle of the mechanism of this paperweight music box is approximately 15 seconds. This cycle repeats for approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Melody of this paperweight music box / musical box: Orpheus in the Underworld - French cancan (Jacques Offenbach). Dimensions of this paperweight music box / musical box : 7.5 X 7.5 X 4.6 cm. Weight of this paperweight music box / musical box : 141 g. We also offer on Amazon other illustrated paperweight music boxes / musical boxes on various themes: paperweight music boxes with Paris monuments, paperweight music boxes with french songs, paperweight music boxes with classical melodies, etc. Encyclopaedia: 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.