The music box brought melodies into the home and, eventually, rings, medallions, and even perfume bottles. Music boxes were also hidden within table-top snuff containers inlaid with gold, pearls, and ivory. The key to the music boxes' portability was a tuned steel comb, invented in 1796 by Antoine Favre in Switzerland’s clock-making region, La Vallée de Joux. The first steel combs were made from varying lengths of metal arranged in a curving fan-shape. As the pins on a rotating cylinder struck the teeth of the comb, notes were produced. Much like early musical clocks, these machines were spring-wound. In 1810, David LeCoultre, of the famous LeCoultre watch-making family, designed a brass cylinder to play notes on a straight length of tuned steel teeth. Longer cylinders could be pinned for multiple tunes and adjusted laterally to switch between songs. A few years later, Francois Nicole, of the famous Nicole Frères firm, created a steel hairspring damper to soften the ring of each note, and the modern music box was born. However, it wasn’t until 1875 that the first music box factory was opened by the Paillard company in St. Croix, Switzerland.
Selected Products
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Music Box Movement
Music Box Dancing
Music Box Turntable Base
Music Box Unforgettable
Music Box Wedding
Music Box Battery
Music Box Electronic
Faberge Egg Music Box
Music Box Replacement
Music Box Mechanism Sankyo
Let Me Call You Sweetheart Music Box
Music Box Playing You Are My Sunshine
Elfen Lied Music Box
Music Box For Women
Music Box Bell
Thorens Music Box
Music Box Harry Potter Theme Soundtrack
Metal Music Boxes
Ballerina Music Box
Music Box Diy
German Music Box
Music Box Unicorn
Music Box Daughter
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Music Box
Music Box Harry Potter Theme Song
Music Box Fairy
Ballerina Music Box
Music Box Night Light
Music Box Giraffe
Music Box Davy Jones
Heritage House Music Box
Music Box Mr Christmas
Music Box Ornament
Music Box Anniversary Waltz
Music Box Piano
Music Box Edelweiss