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| Music Boxes: Why We Love Them Music Boxes. There is something about them that
appeals to people of all ages Charlotte
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because they are enchanting, magical, whimsical, and have a tendency to bring
back memories of days long past. Play a music box in a room full of people, and
everyone will stop to listen. Music boxes never fail to fascinate, captivate,
and draw some to the point where they begin to collect them out of sheer
enjoyment and love of them.Perhaps the music box collector's original interest
was peaked by the sounds they produce or possibly by the rise and fall of the
teeth as the cylinder turns. Maybe collectors were given a music box as a gift
or inherited an especially unique one. Some collectors and lovers of music boxes
could be interested in the novel features of particular music movements. For
example, early automata combined exquisite fashioned figures with music boxes,
while many 19th century manufacturers combined bells, drums, and novelty figures
with different musical mechanisms.The love for antique music boxes is due to the
charms of memory it evokes of earlier times. It is fascinating to realize that
the sounds that are heard were also heard by the original owner, perhaps 100
years ago or more. Also, the workmanship and quality have a way of causing
collectors to feel absolute delight and a great desire to have a particular
music box for their own.The term music box represents a wide range of music
boxes. This wide variety of music boxes also causes collectors to love for them.
The Musical Box Society International describes the music box as "a popular term
covering all types of automatically played musical machines, from small
table-top instruments that use a cylinder or disc to play tunes on a steel comb,
to large orchestrions (and) carousel music organs, which have the musical
capability of a symphony orchestra or military band. Between these extremes are
dozens of mechanical music-makers, including pianos, automatic violin-playing
machines, clocks with music attachments, musical toys and novelties, the
familiar player piano, and many more."The wide range of novelty music boxes and
items that have musical movements is awe-inspiring and increases the fascination
for them. From airplanes, bridal items, butterflies, nutcrackers, and Swiss
Chalets, the uniqueness of these musical movements increases the desire to add
to a current collection or to give an item as a special gift Charlotte Olympia.Collecting or
purchasing a good quality music box is something most people can do. It makes
the collecting process that much more affordable and fun. Whether it is a
cylinder music box or antique music box, novelty item with a music mechanism, or
the beloved Regina music box, purchasing and collecting music boxes does not
have to break one's budget; another great reason to love them!Music boxes are
beloved by many and surely are hear to stay post by haiyan701. With their
delicate beauty and soft, tinkling notes of a wonderful song, they will continue
to be treasured by all for years to come.Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins
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