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Reed-chest

A detailed engineering plan and side views of a wooden mechanical musical instrument case showing a perforated paper roll mechanism, crank handle, feed and presser rolls, paired bellows exhausters, and a reed-chest with individual reed cells, all labeled with reference letters for the patent drawing.

MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.J. Herbert Chase · March 29, 1887

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