Discover the history of mechanical music, Part II

Discover the history of mechanical music, Part II Inlaid music boxes, musical jewelry boxes, crates, wooden souvenirs, and other types of mechanics are popular collectors' items for a while 'music box and antique collector. We try to discover the history of music boxes and other mechanical music.The barrel was the first form of mechanical music, was in 1502. After the chime was the next point that the mechanical, the music was made. This musical instrument has a scale on a set of bells. Initially they played glockenspiel automatically for the entire hour, but later, when the benefits of the barrel of the barrels have been with the melodies were placed increasing complexity.After carillon, attempts have been made for the production of clocks that chimed. Daniel first quarter 1686 the clock chimes. The clock, the hours and quarters or a bell, when the stem is pressed and released. Paris, once Julin LeRoy Quar invention that would be necessary to thin watches. He begins to do this, the bell and the hammer to strike the inside of the case. After that, at times in the second half of the 18th Century, was also credited for the invention of the spiral gong on the hammers strike. It seems as if a Breguet watch with repeat 1785.Soon gong in accordance with the invention of playing the bells and sound clocks, music boxes and were cylinder with honeycomb. David Tallis in "Music Boxes: A guide for collectors," says: "By definition, the musical is a mechanical instrument, which matched steel languages are used in vibration by means of pins in a rotating cylinder or a CD, and the invention, as a result of the developments referred to above. The method of setting to music of a barrel and has been known for many years in barrel organs and chimes, so it was only a small step away from the gong clock repeater tuned to the teeth of steel, which are plucked by a suggestion. The man to whom the invention is due to Antoine Favre, and the date of invention was the 1796th The authenticity of this is given by the record of the Society of Arts in Geneva on 15 February 1796, which reported that Monsieur Favre had found the means of production of a chime or bell with a hammer. "As a result of an invention Favre, cassettes of music as we know it today, was actually being.There a lot of history behind the music box and antique collectors' items from the collection. The next time you inserted a music box, music jewelry box, wooden souvenirs, and other types of mechanical music, their history can not be forgotten, and appreciated.Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins HawkinsMonique is the owner of Monique's Music Box. The hotel is situated, is a gift box music store specializing in products such as inlaid music boxes, souvenirs, wooden boxes, ballerina music boxes for ballerina rooms d? Cor, jewelry and musical boxes. The company also provides interesting information for music lovers of all ages.