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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.
Regina Music Box – Regina's music boxes were their original product, and they had an 80–90% share of the market at the company's peak. Regina music boxes use a flat metal disc, as opposed to a cylinder. Sizes ranged from 8.5 to 27 inches. The boxes were renowned for the rich tone, and they used a double set of tuned teeth.
In the music industry, the Published Price to Dealer (PPD) is the wholesale unit price of a recorded work. It is often used in recording industry contracts as a basic figure for defining royalty shares. [1] [2] Compare Suggested Retail List Price (SRLP).
Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) is a music distribution company owned by Warner Music Group, which represents the rights to various independent record labels. [1] ADA provides "independent artist and label partners with access to the resources, relationships and experience required to share their creative vision with a global audience." [2]
It was founded in 1961 in Houston, Texas. Handy Hardware is a member/owner of Distribution America, second largest wholesale marketing organization in the United States. [1] In 2016, Handy Hardware was purchased by Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc. [2] In early 2019, Handy Hardware and Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc. went out of ...
Quinn would also release several Cajun songs on his Opera label. [4] [5] In 1950, Quinn moved the studio into the first floor of his family home at 5628 Brock Street, just a few blocks from the original studio. He changed the name of the studio to Gold Star Studios. Around this time, the U.S. Government fined Gold Star Records $26,000 for ...
Mechanical music technology is the use of any device, mechanism, machine or tool by a musician or composer to make or perform music; to compose, notate, play back or record songs or pieces; or to analyze or edit music. The earliest known applications of technology to music was prehistoric peoples' use of a tool to hand-drill holes in bones to ...
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 ]