| There is much more to music figurines, wooden | | | | onto a brass cylinder by means of pins, it was being |
| jewelry boxes, children's jewelry boxes, and wooden | | | | set on steel discs, which were interchangeable and |
| keepsake boxes that meet the eye. Indeed, all | | | | expendable. The polyphon had arrived and immediately |
| mechanical music, including music boxes, has a unique | | | | caught everyone?s imagination with its unlimited |
| history. Let's continue to discover what that is.After the | | | | repertoire of music. It was mass produced and soon |
| creation of carillons, chiming watches, and barrel | | | | took over the market which had previously been the |
| organs, musical movements made from carillons | | | | sole right of the cylinder box |
| without bells or hammers began. After Antoine Favre's | | | | manufacturer."Unfortunately, the success of the disc |
| creation of using a steel toothcomb, which could be | | | | music boxes weren?t to last. The two main German |
| plucked to make music (cylinder music box), initially no | | | | companies for disc music boxes existed for 25 years, |
| one thought of making a music box just to enjoy. | | | | and the American Regina Company lasted a little |
| However some, such as Phillppe Meyland did begin to | | | | longer, until 1919. The phonograph, a unique musical |
| make musical snuffboxes, and a group of | | | | production, eventually took the place of the cylinder |
| watchmakers in 1810 and began to work on | | | | and Regina music boxes. Author David Tallis has this |
| manufacturing small movements for watches and | | | | to say about the phonograph: " It resulted from an |
| seals in Geneva. This resulted in the Geneva industry | | | | invention which was made before that of the disc |
| beginning and was started by the likes of Henri Capt, | | | | music box. In 1877, Thomas Edison made his |
| Les Freres, Long Champs, Morse Aubert, and Pierre | | | | phonograph. He put on a record made of tin foil and |
| Rochot. Sometime later in 1812, L.G. Jaccard, Jereme | | | | recited into the horn the first line of 'Mary Had A Little |
| ReCordon started a similar product.Once the | | | | Lamb'."Of course, it took time for the phonograph to |
| mechanical music industry was started and settled, | | | | develop where it could compete with the cylinder and |
| trade was brisk and further developments with musical | | | | disc musical boxes. However, by 1900, they were |
| boxes continued to improve until they reached their | | | | beginning to become more notable and very |
| peak in 1870. It is interesting to note that by this time, | | | | popular.The history of mechanical music is truly |
| there was virtually no music, which could not be played | | | | interesting and like no other. So, the next time you play |
| by a music box.In 1890, a different musical mechanism | | | | your music box figurine, wooden jewelry box, children's |
| began to impact the success of the comb and cylinder | | | | jewelry box, and wooden keepsake box, you can |
| musical box. David Tallis in "Music Boxes: A Guide for | | | | remember what makes them so special. |
| Collectors" stated that: "Instead of putting the music | | | | |