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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 233144, member: 44"]Hold on a moment. With S-T on the it, I bet it is a Seth Thomas Metronome. Following is a link to a an advertisement in a music publication of 1904 about Oliver Ditson Company selling Seth Thomas metronomes. The one pictured looks like yours.</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CGBTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=Oliver+Ditson%27s+Seth+Thomas+metronomes&source=bl&ots=0DfiXNB8bt&sig=-qu5rrKWbQzLMggQppB9PcsvXvk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9gYn_rrXTAhVm1oMKHc6iD9kQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Oliver%20Ditson%27s%20Seth%20Thomas%20metronomes&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CGBTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=Oliver+Ditson%27s+Seth+Thomas+metronomes&source=bl&ots=0DfiXNB8bt&sig=-qu5rrKWbQzLMggQppB9PcsvXvk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9gYn_rrXTAhVm1oMKHc6iD9kQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Oliver%20Ditson%27s%20Seth%20Thomas%20metronomes&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=CGBTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=Oliver+Ditson's+Seth+Thomas+metronomes&source=bl&ots=0DfiXNB8bt&sig=-qu5rrKWbQzLMggQppB9PcsvXvk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9gYn_rrXTAhVm1oMKHc6iD9kQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Oliver Ditson's Seth Thomas metronomes&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, the Oliver Ditson Company published the musical journal under the name <i>The Musician</i> from 1901-1919. Last paragraph under "History."</p><p><a href="http://imslp.org/wiki/Ditson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imslp.org/wiki/Ditson" rel="nofollow">http://imslp.org/wiki/Ditson</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 233144, member: 44"]Hold on a moment. With S-T on the it, I bet it is a Seth Thomas Metronome. Following is a link to a an advertisement in a music publication of 1904 about Oliver Ditson Company selling Seth Thomas metronomes. The one pictured looks like yours. [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=CGBTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=Oliver+Ditson%27s+Seth+Thomas+metronomes&source=bl&ots=0DfiXNB8bt&sig=-qu5rrKWbQzLMggQppB9PcsvXvk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9gYn_rrXTAhVm1oMKHc6iD9kQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Oliver%20Ditson%27s%20Seth%20Thomas%20metronomes&f=false']https://books.google.com/books?id=CGBTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=Oliver+Ditson's+Seth+Thomas+metronomes&source=bl&ots=0DfiXNB8bt&sig=-qu5rrKWbQzLMggQppB9PcsvXvk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9gYn_rrXTAhVm1oMKHc6iD9kQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Oliver Ditson's Seth Thomas metronomes&f=false[/URL] BTW, the Oliver Ditson Company published the musical journal under the name [I]The Musician[/I] from 1901-1919. Last paragraph under "History." [URL]http://imslp.org/wiki/Ditson[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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