The Musical Box
A music box (also musical box) is a 19th-century automatic musical instrument. Music box or musical box may also refer to: Music Albums *Music Box (Evelyn King album), ''Music Box'' (Evelyn King album), 1979 *Music Box (Mariah Carey album), ''Music Box'' (Mariah Carey album), 1993, or its title track *Music Box (The Monkees album), ''Music Box'' (The Monkees album), 2001 Songs *Music Box (song), "Music Box" (song), a 2009 song by Eminem *The Musical Box (song), "The Musical Box" (song), a 1971 song by Genesis *"Music Box", a song by Regina Spektor on a bonus disc of her album ''Begin to Hope'' *"Music Box", a 1993 song by Roni Size and DJ Die *"Music Box", a song by The Cooper Temple Clause from the album ''Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose'' *"Music Box", a song by Thrice from the album ''Vheissu'' Other music uses * Music Box Tour, 1993 concert tour by Mariah Carey * The Musical Box (band), a Genesis tribute band * Music Box, a contestant on season 6 of th ...
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Music Box
A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'') of a steel comb. The popular device best known today as a "music box" developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and were originally called ''carillons à musique'' (French for "chimes of music"). Some of the more complex boxes also contain a tiny drum and/or bells in addition to the metal comb. History The Symphonium company started business in 1885 as the first manufacturers of disc-playing music boxes. Two of the founders of the company, Gustave Brachhausen and Paul Riessner, left to set up a new firm, Polyphon, in direct competition with their original business and their third partner, Oscar Paul Lochmann. Following the establishment of the Original Musikwerke Paul Lochmann in 1900, the founding Symphonion business con ...
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