Discover the History of Mechanical Music, Part III

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