tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post1620636390964678473..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Friday Video: Beautiful Music from an 1890 Music BoxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-15238290099537751142015-01-02T15:57:41.093-05:002015-01-02T15:57:41.093-05:00There's a place here in southern California: T...There's a place here in southern California: The Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, the prize collection of a classic robber baron that contains magnificent restored cars but, more importantly for this thread, instruments. <br /><br /> J.P.Bethercutt also collected music boxes, but because he wanted THE biggest and best, he started finding and collecting larger and larger ones. the turn of the century orchestrions - giant music boxes - were a thing. They were pneumatically driven orchestras, controlled by 'punch ribbons' similar to that disk. His foundation now houses an impressive collection AND a workshop and skilled craftsmen to restore and care for them. It's marvelous to see and hear the results of their work.Elena Jardinizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335079548380273268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-6268196770507533392015-01-02T13:54:53.435-05:002015-01-02T13:54:53.435-05:00What a beautifully-maintained music box! There is ...What a beautifully-maintained music box! There is a collection of these at House on the Rock in Wisconsin, but most are no longer playable.Elinor Aspenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152705956194114055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-66649871512425124652015-01-02T12:38:37.210-05:002015-01-02T12:38:37.210-05:00When I was in grammar school, my parents had an al...When I was in grammar school, my parents had an album of these music boxes playing Christmas Carols.<br />Listening to it was always a big part of our Christmas Eve tradition. What wonderful memories your video brought up! It is bittersweet - Dad's been gone for 12 years now and Momma died this past June. Thank you, with tears in my eyes. LorieGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-2941449032364974822015-01-02T12:19:55.004-05:002015-01-02T12:19:55.004-05:00This is so lovely. I,too, am a major proponent of ...This is so lovely. I,too, am a major proponent of the liturgical Christmas season, which (sorry to sound obsessive about this, but I am staring at my Christian seasons calendar)actually starts on December 25 and ends on January 5, which is Twelfth Night. (January 6 is Epiphany.)I do wish our culture saw Christmas as more than a one-day, buy-everything blowout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-2718955634180900932015-01-02T06:52:46.168-05:002015-01-02T06:52:46.168-05:00Wow!!
Beautiful...a time-travel experience in soun...Wow!!<br />Beautiful...a time-travel experience in sound.Historical Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979801752112100293noreply@blogger.com