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	The Musical Box: A Guide for Collectors by Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume - 0887407641 Music boxes, as we know them, have been around at least since the end of the 18th century. They were the creations of the finest artisans in Europe and brought automatic music into the family home in an age when the only other music was that you played yourself. Musical boxes performed popular music from the world of opera, patriotic and traditional airs, hymns and, later, the songs of the music-hall. The industry started in Europe, flourishing in Switzerland and Germany before crossing the A... $58.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Early Keyboard Instruments: The Benton Fletcher Collection at Fenton House - 0707803535 Since 1952 the Fenton House in Hampstead, London, has been home to one of the most important collections of early keyboard instruments in Europe. Cared for by the National Trust, the collection was assembled during the early decades of the twentieth century by George Henry Benton Fletcher, a man of extraordinary vision. An ardent advocate of the value of playing early music on period instruments, Benton Fletcher created a unique salon at his London home and made his instruments available to m... $26.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Sheet Music Art of Irving Berlin - 0764319450 Never before have sheet music covers of America's beloved song writer Irving Berlin been presented in a single volume. Over 540 beautiful color photographs display Berlin's sheet music, published by Irving Berlin himself, spanning the years 1907 to 1971. Among the many familiar song titles are "Marie From Sunny Italy," "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Always," "Remember," "Anything You Can Do," and "White Christmas." Presented in chronological order, these fascinating covers also trace the develo... $23.49     View Details Add To Cart
	How to Repair Musical Boxes - 0930163362 This is a 1995 reprint of a small booklet published in 1890 by Jacot & Son. The full title is How to Repair Musical boxes, Practical Instructions to Watchmakers with Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Material, 3rd edition. This step-by-step guide covers tasks such as How to Replace a Point, Tuning New Teeth, Replacing the Hairspring, Re-Cementing the Cylinder, and Suppressing a Tune. An illustrated list of materials for both large and small boxes is a... $35.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Bang & Olufsen by Tim & Nick Jarman - 9781847970688 From their futuristic audio and hi-fi systems to their elegant television sets and attractive portable models, Bang & Olufsen by Tim & Nick Jarman provides detailed information on the company and its key models throughout its most creative period. Bang & Olufsen contains everything you will need to know either to become a collector or to fully appreciate and get the best out of the equipment that you already have. This fascinating story of this small Danish company, which created some revolut... $33.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Columbia Phonograph Companion Volume I by Howard Hazelcorn - 0960646655 The Columbia Phonograph Companion is the authoritative guide to Columbia Cylinder Gramophones with illustrations of each Columbia Cylinder product from 1887 through 1909. Each item is thoroughly described and original prices, serial numbers, production dates, rarity rating and current values are provided. Raymond Wile contributes an excellent company history. $36.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Tinfoil Phonographs by Rene Rondeau - 0962221945 The history of recorded sound began with a sheet of tinfoil and a familiar nursery rhyme: "Mary had a little lamb." Although many books refer to this revolutionary invention in passing, until now no comprehensive history of the tinfoil phonograph has ever been attempted. In this book the story of the earliest phonographs is recounted through the machines themselves -- the surviving hardware that so eloquently expresses the history of Edison's greatest invention. With hundreds of illustrations... $24.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Look for the Dog: An Illustrated Guide to Victor Talking Machines - 0960646604 For nearly twenty-five years, Look for the Dog has been the most used book on the phonograph collectors bookshelf. With this all-new color edition, the book is brought up-to-date with all new illustrations and greatly expanded text. The book is clearly written and logically organized to allow the reader to locate information on any of Victor Talking Machine Companys many models quickly and easily. Victor Talking Machines are highly prized collectibles today, and no other reference p... $25.00     View Details Add To Cart
	The Victor Data Book by Robert W. Baumbach - 0960646671 Within The Victor Data Book's 335 large format pages are details on every Victor Talking Machine. The information was compiled from numerous sources, including original Victor records long thought to have been lost. In addition to the model specific information, experimental Victor products, marked tips for identification, guidelines for collecting, and Victors for foreign markets are discussed. Many rare custom and period Victrolas are illustrated in color using rare original illustrations a... $25.00     View Details Add To Cart
	The Edison Disc Phonographs and the Diamond Discs - 0960646634 Although a number of books have been devoted to the evolution of the phonograph and gramophone, this book was the first to focus on the development of Thomas Edison's Diamond Discs and the history behind the robust and ornate instruments that were designed to play them. This new edition expands and adds information to that story. = = Edison demonstrated tinfoil phonograph in 1877 and in the next year built several phonographs to play discs, again using tinfoil. Other matters intervened, and w... $17.89     View Details Add To Cart
	Restoring Musical Boxes & Musical Clocks by Ord-Hume - 0952327023 Restoring Musical Boxes & Musical Clocks describes how to repair all types of cylinder and disk musical boxes, singing birds, and bell, organ and dulcimer musical clock mechanisms and their cases. There are details on how to repin cylinders, repair discs, re-cover bellows and make new organ pipes. Also learn the correct way to care for bells, and restring dulcimers dash; as well as many other restoration tasks, from replacing the massive drive springs to case repairs. Arranging music for mech... $78.50     View Details Add To Cart

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