Q: Enclosed are photos of an old music box. I am interested in knowing more about it. If you know how I can obtain any information on it I would appreciate it. A: You have a Swiss manufactured ...
Devices for playing music come and go - cassette tapes, MP3 players and CDs have all had their time as digital downloads take over. But one system invented some 200 years ago lives on. In the ...
Switzerland developed a thriving industry manufacturing music boxes in the 19th Century - but most of the companies that produced them have now disappeared. This Mandolin-style cylinder musical box by ...
This is completely charming: a little serenade by Mozart, played on a beautiful Swiss musical box. This music box, made by the Swiss mechanical music company Reuge, has been designed to play Mozart’s ...
An 1877 music box, far left, with Chinese airs that may have inspired Puccini. Above, the Metropolitan Opera's "Turandot" in New York. Tune sheet for a circa 1877 Swiss musical box with Chinese ...
A RARE 19th century Swiss music box discovered in Bournemouth has exchanged hands for nearly £2,000 at auction. The box, pictured right, by Henri Capt of Geneva, was initially valued at just £100 by ...
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Devices for playing music come and go - cassette tapes, MP3 players and CDs have all had their time as digital downloads take over. But one system invented some 200 years ago lives on. In the ...