Musical Box Society International

The Music Box Society International (MBSI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the enjoyment, study and preservation of all automatic musical instruments.

History

According to a 1987 article in The New York Times, the Music Box Society International first formed in the early 1900s to preserve and conserve existing examples of music boxes.^[1]

According to the MBSI's own website, the organization was founded in 1949.^[2] It numbers several thousand members with representation in 50 US states and nineteen other countries. It focuses on music boxes of all sizes, from small, hand-held wind-up boxes, to fairground organs or room sized orchestrions, including musical clocks and snuff boxes, singing bird boxes, player pianos (reproducing pianos, nickelodeons), and automatic musical instruments of any kind.

References

^ Barry, Ann (August 23, 1987). "ANTIQUES; Music Boxes Contain Echoes of the Past". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
^ "History". Music Box Society International. Retrieved February 17, 2024.

External links

The Musical Box Society International

[1] Barry, Ann (August 23, 1987). "ANTIQUES; Music Boxes Contain Echoes of the Past". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2024.

[2] "History". Music Box Society International. Retrieved February 17, 2024.

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Organs	Barrel organ Book music Dance organ Fairground organ
Brands	American Piano Company Disklavier Duo-Art Polyphon Regina Company Welte-Mignon
Pianos	Barrel piano Player piano Piano roll
Clocks	Automaton clock Cuckoo clock Musical clock
Other	AMICA Belloneon Book music Componium Music box CPE Bach works MBSI Polyphon Music roll Orchestrion Berry-Wood A.O.W. Panharmonicon Photoplayer