It's been so long since I last saw it that I missed the fact that I still have it. Wanna see what helped me sleep as a little child?
This thing is a very old music box from Sankyo, not sure exactly how old though as I can't even recall if it was bought for me. This thing must be early 70s the latest but wouldn't be surprised if it's coming from the 60s. Sankyo shipped their first ones after WWII.
Gotta love those Japs cause this thing still works! Needless to say how extraordinary it feels to see it after such a long time bringing back so old and special memories. I recall myself how I watched it slowing its tempo as the cord was getting closer to the end leading its song to a slow death.
Though I didn't need it after the very first years of my life I still kept it around my bedroom and it lost one of its two covers at some point, I think just before my teens but don't recall exactly how.
This made it look like that:
"No bad thing happens for no good reason" as our wise ancient ancestors used to say so that accident gave me access to its mechanism solving the mystery of how it works back in the day (no Google then). What always caught my attention though never managed to confirm its purpose is this little "fan" this thing has:
It rotates by those sprockets and since I doubt this thing needs any short of cooling I can only guess it helped to spread the sound though this sounds also like a long shot. If it wasn't for the missing cover this thing would still be around in its full glory.
Curious how it plays? Have a look (and a listen):
