Last Updated: 10/7/2008

"Silver Anniversary Collection," Edited by William Edgerton. Published in 1974 by the Musical Box Society International, Summit, NJ. Hard cover with no dust jacket, 992 pages with numerous diagrams. The book measures 9-1/2 inches (24 cm) high by 6-1/4 inches (15.8 cm) wide and 2-1/4 (5.5 cm) thick!

Text from a book dealer's advertisement:

"This book of 992 pages is a compilation of the most significant articles that appeared in the scholarly bulletins of the first 25 years of the Musical Box Society International. This enormous book has 11 articles on history, 27 on Cylinder Musical Boxes, 20 on Disc Musical Boxes, 30 on Repairs, 12 on Coin Pianos, 5 on Violin Players, 7 on Small Organs, 26 on Large Organs and Orchestrions, 12 on Player Pianos, 5 on Phonographs, 5 on Automata, 4 on Musical Watches, Pictures and Singing Birds, and 24 on miscellaneous items. Hundreds of illustrations."


TABLE OF CONTENTS:
    Preface
    First Meeting Notice
    History of the Musical Box Society International
    Reminiscences
    History
    Cylinder Boxes
    Disc Boxes
    Repairs
    Nickelodeons
    Violin Players
    Small Organs
    Large Organs and Orchestrions
    Pianos
    Phonographs
    Automata
    Musical watches, Pictures, and Singing Birds
    Collector Aids and Information
    Miscellaneous
    Index


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