Prior to the music box, non-performed music was produced by large and bulky contraptions using bells or chimes. 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.
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Music Box Prime
Music Box Necklace
Music Box 15 Notes
Music Box Insert
Swiss Music Box
Music Box Lilium
Music Box Tv
Music Box Table
Music Box Rachmaninoff
Music Box Ornament
Music Box Lot
Music Box Key Replacement
Music Box Toys
Music Duke Box
Music Box Let It Go
Music Box Hedwigs Theme
Music Box Toy
Italian Inlaid Music Box
Music Box Harry Potter Theme
Davy Jones Music Box
Music Box Cant Help Falling In Love
Dancing Clown Music Box
Heritage House Music Box
Music Box For Baby
Music Box Noahs Ark
Italian Inlaid Music Box
Music Box The Beatles
Cylinder Music Box
Music Box Elephant
Music Box Engraved
Music Box 50 Note
Music Box Claire De Lune
Music Box Fur Elise
Dangerous Music D Box
Music Box Lighter
Music Box With Dancer