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