Component, Timepiece

Object ID:
1959.11132.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

Bellows and voice box for cuckoo clock. Bellows consists of two triangular pieces of wood joined by white leather bellows. Outer, movable wood covered by marbled paper. Inner wood piece has hole which is glued to end of voice box with matching hole. Voice box (terminology?), a rectangular tube with wood side with sound slit and a marbled black plastic [U] shaped piece glued to wood edges and an integral plastic end/plug positioned to produce desired tone.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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