Description: Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. SO-SCH-1995-0887407641-X3 The Musical Box: A Guide for Collectors by Arthur Ord-Hume ISBN:9780887407642 Book Title:The Musical Box: A Guide for Collectors, Including a Guide to Values Author:Dr. Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume Binding:Hard Cover with dust jacket Copyright:1995 Pages:343 Size:8.75 x 11.25 in. Musical boxes have been made by master artisans since the 1700s, playing classical music, hymns, operatic arias and popular tunes by means of discs or cylinders. The industry started in Europe, flourishing in Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain, finally crossing the Atlantic to America, before ending in the early 20th century. This book is the definitive reference for anyone interested in the history of music, mechanical music, and musical technology, with complete diagrams of the various types of mechanical movements used over the centuries, indexes of manufacturers, box styles, and tune sheets, complete American and British patent lists, tips on maintaining, repairing, and purchasing boxes, and a price guide. Many of the loveliest musical boxes ever crafted are illustrated in full color in this book, with hundreds more black and white photographs showing their mechanical workings. Eighty detailed diagrams explaining their functions help collectors use, maintain and repair the boxes in their collections. 600 illustrations (SO Schiffer Categorical generated 2024-12-13) 75b8d19789de3315d46b4a57a0548f9c
Price: 79.95 USD
Location: Atglen, Pennsylvania
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publication Year: 1995
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Reference Book
Type of Item: Book
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Binding: Hardcover
