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wound music movements have been entertaining people for centuries,
starting with very simple and small mechanical movements and growing
into large and elaborate instruments, incased in some of the
world's most beautifully decorated cabinets.
For the most part, there are two basic music boxes. The first and
oldest type, is the cylinder box whose comb teeth are plucked by
small pins protruding from the cylinder that create the wonderful
music. The second is the disc music box, whose comb teeth are
plucked by small star wheels driven by tiny protrusions extending
downward from the bottom of the disc.
Normally, the cylinder music box can only play the tunes that are
pinned into the cylinder that originally came with the box when
purchased, while, on the other hand, the disc music box is capable
of playing hundreds of tunes, simply by replacing one musical disc
with another, similar to the way a record is changed on a record
player.
I have been repairing music boxes for many years now and can do
all necessary repairs needed to return a music box back into it's
original condition.
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