Later versions added mechanical automata to their complex musical tunes for increasingly magical effects. By the late 1800s, music boxes were built with removable cylinders whose tunes could be changed by replacing specially designed drawers. Finally, in 1885, Paul Lochmann created a music box called the “Symphonion” using a flat metal disc that rotated on a turntable. These metal discs could be easily swapped out, much like a vinyl record. Pop music was suddenly affordable and immediately accessible; within weeks of a Broadway show’s debut, its most memorable musical themes were available on music-box discs. Gustave Brachhausen, foreman of the Lochmann firm, split with the company and created his own business manufacturing the “Polyphon,” perhaps the most famous disc-operated music box. In 1892, Brachhausen moved to the United States where he opened the Regina Music Box Company in Jersey City, New Jersey. Though Regina produced its own mechanical works, Brachhausen still imported discs from the Polyphon factory in Leipzig. Regina’s immediate success allowed the company to move into a larger factory space and begin producing its own musical discs by hiring additional staff from the best companies of Europe. Besides designing devices for home use, Regina created machines for public spaces which would play songs for a nickel. In 1897, Brachhaussen also developed a multi-disc musical device with an automated disc-changer, a predecessor to the jukebox.
Selected Products
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Music Box Once Upon A December
Music Box Wedding
Music Box La Vie En Rose
Music Box Nutcracker
Music Box
Hello Kitty Music Box
Music Box Made In Italy
Music Box Harry Potter
Music Box Lilium
Music Box Mechanism Wind Up
Kalliope Music Box
Music Box For Mobile
Music Box Prime
Music Box Harry Potter Theme
Music Box Jewlery Box
Music Box Zelda
Music Box Wind Beneath My Wings
Music Box Stuffed Animal
Music Box Replacement Parts
Music Box Claire De Lune
Canon In D Music Box
Music Box Lilium
Music Box Globe
Music Box Boy
Music Box Comb
Music Box Beatles
Music Box Balerina
Music Box Lot
Music Box Ariel
Music Box Religious
Music Box Balerina
Music Box Happy
Music Box World
Music Box Here Comes The Sun
Music Box Songs Of Sunshine
Josef Music Box