This is a vintage Silvertone Gramophone.
Living Mechanisms
Gramophones and clocks have much in common as they are both working and living antiques powered essentially by spring-wound motors. I purchased this thinking it would be an interesting project. I rebuilt the motor which is very simple (after working on clocks). We also refinished the cabinet.
One of the more challenging aspects of the restoration was to find that the front section with the criss-cross pattern was unsalvageable and I had to re-fabricate it completely. Not being a woodworker this proved to be quite a challenge.