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Patent drawing of a hand-held cylindrical music-making device labeled 'phuniphone,' shown gripped by a hand at a wooden handle, with internal bellows, reed plates, and paper rolls visible through the open casing.

IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSMason J. Matthews · January 28, 1879

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