Antique Vintage Signed French Metronome Paquet de Maelzel Wood 1829 / Bell WORKS

Description

Beautiful and well cared for piece. This works great and has been kept in exceptional condition. Please see all photos for details and feel free to ask any questions. This measures roughly 8.75" tall and signed. A
RARE, beautiful dark walnut. Antique wind-up Metronome with Bell chime to count out measures! It is a real treasure to find this in beautiful condition. Metronome runs strong like it was brand new. The unique bell chime on this metronome is a feature you can use to signal the start of a measure that has either 2, 3, 4, or 6 beats per measure. The bell can also be set to not strike at all, so it functions as regular metronome. This is a very useful but rare option not normally seen on Seth Thomas metronomes, especially after ca. 1945. It is complete with no missing parts, and the solid case has no loose parts or splits.
The dark wood grain gives it a very distinctive and beautiful appearance. The front cover fits perfectly and is original.
All the original bottom feet are there and the metronome rests completely level on a flat surface. The carefully conserved, original finish is between semi gloss and satin. T
he finish still shines up very well which you should be able to see the reflections in the close up pictures.
There is a scratch on the back see photo. I see no other scratches. I have looked it over very well and find it in
beautiful
condition and works like a new one.  I don't think I did but just in case I missed something it is vintage.