Coin Slot Magazine - #026 - 1977 - March [International Arcade Museum]
to
large
luxurious
movements
standing up to 8 feet tall, weigh
ing hundreds of pounds.
The early music boxes can be
traced back to the 18th century;
but, the industry did not become
well known until the mid 19th
century.
The first music boxes
were of the cylinder type.
The
cylinder, made of brass, revolved
and played notes, known as reeds
or teeth which extended from
a steel comb.
The Triumph of American Invention.
The actual pluck
THE HIGHEST TYPE OF
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ing of the teeth was accomplished
by rows and rows of steel pins
inserted into the cylinder.
operation,
was
placed by a spring.
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These early
cylinder music boxes, also known
as Swiss boxes, became very so
phisticated
19th
by the end
century.
From
of the
two
to
twenty selections were contained
on
one cylinder.
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Tunes were
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changed one by one by an ingen
Mxisic
ious method of shifting the cylin
der laterally.
tune the shift would take place,
is one of tbe most at
tractive forms in which
this famous music box
which would bring a new set of
pins
into
playing
position
and
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thus a new selection would play.
Bells,
drums,
castanets
reed
were
organs
added
some
entire
sometimes
miniature
had
mechanical
intricate
hand
antique
pattern
and starts the music im
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At the end of each
mediately after striking
the full hour.. The
music
box
may
be
played at any time in
dependently.
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from $10 to $400—with list*
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