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Chiming clock

A patent drawing of a church-tower-shaped clock case with a steeple, a round clock face, and an internal pinned barrel mechanism connected by gears and levers to rows of bells at the base.

MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Charles A. Kuster · May 24, 1887

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