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How Did the End Come for the Cylinder Disc Driven Music Box?

The music box has a long and interesting snuffboxes, and other types unique is
history. Long before collectors sought that music results when the teeth of a
the dresser top music jewelry boxes, tuned, steel comb vibrate when plucked by
inlaid music boxes, and pop up ballerina tiny pins protruding from the cylinder.
music boxes that are the popular today, Many collectors today highly value these
the cylinder or disc driven music box was music boxes and love to add then to their
the entertainment in many homes in the collections. Favorites include those
1800?s. These vintage music boxes, manufactured during the 18th century by
ranging in size, style, and value are Lecoultre, Nicole Fre'res, and Ducommon-
still sought today by many collectors of Girod.Making cylinder music boxes was
automatic musical instruments.David Le quite the art until 1875. Many craftsmen
Coultre first created the cylinder music worked in their homes assembling various
box in Switzerland. around 1870, while parts and then took them to factories to
Mermod Fre'res was the largest complete.Up until the Civil War, cylinder
manufacturer of the cylinder musical music boxes were rather plain. Then,
instruments in St Crox. Years later the manufacturers began making more elaborate
highly collectible disc driven music cases with brass, wood inlays, tortoise
boxes were also made in France, Germany, shell, and mother of pearl.The years
Austria, Czechoslovakia, and other 1890-1914 marked the end of time for
countries.While there were numerous large cylinder automatic musical
companies making music boxes, Mermod instruments. In his "Encyclopedia of
Fre'res, active during the 1800's was one Automatic Musical Instruments", Q. David
of the few who manufactured both a Bowers states, "The disc-type box, as
cylinder music box and a disc driven made by Polyphon, Symphonion, Regina, and
automatic musical instrument. Two of the others, drove cylinder instruments from
most popular ones by the company were the the marketplace. Mermod Freres made fine,
"Stella" and "Mira", made during the late large cylinder instruments in the 1890's,
1890's, were made of oak in furniture but by 1900, World War I ended what was
styles popular in the states during that left of the cylinder music box
time.What makes the cylinder music box, industry.So ended the age of the
inlaid music boxes , and musical cylinder, disc driven music box.




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