>I have a customer that collects those "music boxes" which play those >disks. They are still being made down south somewhere. I saw one for >sale at the visitor center for Hearst Castle, about $15,000. My >customer finds them in old barns and other places. They make the most >beautiful sound you could imagine. Like those little jewelry music >boxes, only much larger. They have a crank and a big spring that powers >it. The disks are just like phonograph records. I think some famous >composers wrote music just for these music boxes. Maybe someone else >knows more... > Paul McCloud Last I heard, Thornton was still making them. Ron N
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