Metal disc is made of thin sheet steel by presswork, with round aperture in the center and oval holes along the edge. Projection slots, inscriptions with the catalog number, melody title, the author's last name, the trademark lyre-shaped imprint with ribbon, laurel branches and the inscription “Orphenion” are on the disc front side. Projections formed by partial cutting and bending, the location of which determines the melody to be played are on the work side. “Der Rattenfänger”, from Act I of the operetta “Der Rattenfänger von Hameln” by the American composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, opera director and theater manager of the German descent Adolf Neuendorff (13.06.1843-04.12.1897), written in 1880 to the libretto of the German writer and poet Robert Engelhardt.
Music player: Disc music box “Orphenion” (No. 677).

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