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A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb.
The Cheshill Realty Corporation acquired 25 parcels for the store through private negotiations in 1931–1932; the Brooklyn Eagle called the purchases the "Flatbush mystery". The announcement of the new store, coinciding with two others in Union City and Hackensack, New Jersey, was only made once all the land had been purchased. [1]
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]
Manny's Music was an American music instrument store in New York City on Music Row (West 48th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues), Midtown Manhattan, where musicians from beginner to professional could buy their instruments and meet each other. Many artists bought their first guitar from Manny's before they became famous.
Music Box Theatre, a Broadway theater in New York City; Music Box Theatre (Chicago), Chicago, Illinois Music Box Theater (Los Angeles), Los Angeles, California Musical Box, a British Medium Mark A Whippet tank that achieved fame for actions during the Battle of Amiens
Music stores range from full-line stores [2] that sell products across all musical instrument and even pro audio categories (sometimes including DJ equipment and visual stage components such as lights or fog machines), to music stores that focus on a subset of those categories (e.g. a store that sells acoustic and digital pianos, or a store ...
A Polyphon playing "Silent Night" (the music starts 68 seconds into the video) A 1905 PolyphonA Polyphon is a disc-playing music box.The machine was invented in 1870; it was first manufactured by the Polyphon Musikwerke, in Leipzig, Germany, full-scale production having started about 1896 and continuing into the early 20th century.
Music Hall of Williamsburg (formerly Northsix) is a New York City venue located at 66 North 6th Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The venue is operated by The Bowery Presents , a group stemming from Bowery Ballroom that was bought by AEG in 2017. [ 1 ]