| There is much more to music figurines, wooden | | | | onto a brass cylinder by means of pins, it |
| jewelry boxes, children's jewelry boxes, and | | | | was being set on steel discs, which were |
| wooden keepsake boxes that meet the eye. | | | | interchangeable and expendable. The polyphon |
| Indeed, all mechanical music, including music | | | | had arrived and immediately caught everyone?s |
| boxes, has a unique history. Let's continue | | | | imagination with its unlimited repertoire of |
| to discover what that is.After the creation | | | | music. It was mass produced and soon took |
| of carillons, chiming watches, and barrel | | | | 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 | | | | manufacturer."Unfortunately, the success of |
| Antoine Favre's creation of using a steel | | | | the disc music boxes weren?t to last. The two |
| toothcomb, which could be plucked to make | | | | main German companies for disc music boxes |
| music (cylinder music box), initially no one | | | | existed for 25 years, and the American Regina |
| thought of making a music box just to enjoy. | | | | Company lasted a little longer, until 1919. |
| However some, such as Phillppe Meyland did | | | | The phonograph, a unique musical production, |
| begin to make musical snuffboxes, and a group | | | | eventually took the place of the cylinder and |
| of watchmakers in 1810 and began to work on | | | | Regina music boxes. Author David Tallis has |
| manufacturing small movements for watches and | | | | this to say about the phonograph: " It |
| seals in Geneva. This resulted in the Geneva | | | | resulted from an invention which was made |
| industry beginning and was started by the | | | | before that of the disc music box. In 1877, |
| likes of Henri Capt, Les Freres, Long Champs, | | | | Thomas Edison made his phonograph. He put on |
| Morse Aubert, and Pierre Rochot. Sometime | | | | a record made of tin foil and recited into |
| later in 1812, L.G. Jaccard, Jereme ReCordon | | | | the horn the first line of 'Mary Had A Little |
| started a similar product.Once the mechanical | | | | Lamb'."Of course, it took time for the |
| music industry was started and settled, trade | | | | phonograph to develop where it could compete |
| was brisk and further developments with | | | | with the cylinder and disc musical boxes. |
| musical boxes continued to improve until they | | | | However, by 1900, they were beginning to |
| reached their peak in 1870. It is interesting | | | | become more notable and very popular.The |
| to note that by this time, there was | | | | history of mechanical music is truly |
| virtually no music, which could not be played | | | | interesting and like no other. So, the next |
| by a music box.In 1890, a different musical | | | | time you play your music box figurine, wooden |
| mechanism began to impact the success of the | | | | jewelry box, children's jewelry box, and |
| comb and cylinder musical box. David Tallis | | | | wooden keepsake box, you can remember what |
| in "Music Boxes: A Guide for Collectors" | | | | makes them so special. |
| stated that: "Instead of putting the music | | | | |