It is a nice gift, beautiful decoration and it plays pleasant music that everybody like.
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The history of mechanical music begins in Belgium in 14th century. After invents of cylinder with pins which operates cams which hit the bells, a clockmaker from Geneva replaced the bells by combs which result with more varied sounds. Hundred years latter Switzerland music box industry participate 10 percent in Switzerland export.
The comes the years of production of musical pocket watches, then a music box with discs appears, then invention of phonograph... and we know the rest. Who still remember a little mechanical singing bird invented by the Jaquet-Droz brothers from Switzerland? It is a nice gift for holidays that come, beautiful decoration for your room and what is the most important; it plays pleasant music that everybody like.
Reuge Company from Switzerland holds the worldwide monopoly on the luxury music box, singing bird and musical pocket watch markets. If you’re searching for gift like that, Reuge Company is your choice. It manufactures music boxes in several different types depending on occasion. Music boxes from Reuge can be tradition quality, exclusive, modern or creative. Beside music boxes they can offer you singing bird boxes.
Every bird sings the same tune and that is a little bit disappointing. At the other side it is highly unlikely that you will buy several birds, unless you fall in love with those music cages and become a collector.
For really antique boxes you must search antique stores. We found Musical Treasures of Miami store in Florida, that sale a lot of music boxes, singing birdcages, musical clocks, and even musical picture. Some of them are antique pieces over 100 years old, others are from the early to the middle 1900's, and some are new. French, German and Swiss artists, designed for European royalty, produce these little masterpieces. In Musical store they treasure them with love and restore mechanically and cosmetically by the masters of the craft.
Like its owner said, it is not all for sale, but you are more than welcome to ask for the status of any item. So, if you want to decorate your room with one of those antique pieces look for them in Musical Treasures of Miami. Maybe you’ll leave the store with a piece that captures your heart, and maybe you will learn something about this almost forgotten treasures which fulfilled peoples hearts with music in cold winter time a long time ago.
If you happen to be in London, UK, or San Francisco, New York or Los Angeles you can see what Bonhams has to offer. There are auction at which you can find music boxes almost every weekend. Prices range from 100 to 80,000 dollars, so there is something for everyone's taste. ■
