CARE

Please do not wind a box while playing, wait till the tune stops.

When you wind the movement, stop as soon as you feel the slightest resistance, never force it.

Do not expose a music box to sunlight, it is important that you look after your music box as you do with a furniture.

In hot and humid countries, keep your box best in an airconditioned room, if possible closed.

Protect the movement from dust by keeping the box closed or by lowering the protective glass cover when you play it.

It is best for the movement when it is stored mostly wound-down.

If the musicbox is stored for a longer period fully wound-up, the steel spring that powers the mechanism may loose its tension.

For the carriage of boxes, make sure that the movement has stopped at the end of the tune. This way the pins of the cylinder do not touch the comb, and therefore can not damage anything.

For the musical movement, do not use any cleaning product which could damage it.

Do not touch the movement (especially the comb). However, if you do, take care to remove the fingerprints immediately with a dry cloth.

If there is dust in the musicbox, you may try to get a special adapter set for vacuum cleaners, intended to remove more precisely dust and dirt from i.e. computer keyboards, art objects, and so on.

The gears may be cleaned (ONLY IF NECESSARY!) with an old toothbrush, but do NOT touch the governor and the endless screw (see page "Movement").

If a protective glass inside the musicbox isn't clear anymore after a few years, it is in most cases possible to remove it to wash it with water if necessary. See the page "Repair" for information how to remove the glass.