There are a number of books that have been written about musical boxes. Some are written purely from a technical point of view, while several others have been written with the general audience in mind; not too technical, and lots of 'warm fuzzies' about the sound of the music and the sheer beauty of the musical boxes.

Feel free to browse through the Reading Room. I have listed books about musical boxes that are available from your book store (in-print). Also, I list some books that are out-of-print but may be found at used book stores, through re-sellers, or from my Home Page.

In Print Titles

Bopp, Ron, The American Carousel Organ, An Illustrated Encyclopedia. 1998, Palmer Printing, St Cloud, MN. 283 pp. (Sugg. Retail, $59.00).

Haspels, Dr. Jan Jaap, Musical Automata, Catalogue of the National Museum 'From Musical Clock to Street Organ'. Published by the National Museum From Musical Clock to Street Organ, Utrecht, Holland, 1994 (in English). 255 pp. (Sugg. Retail, $79.95)

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., Automatic Pianos: A Collector's Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano & Aeolean Orchestrelle . 2004, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA. 540 pp. (sugg. Retail $89.95).

Piguet, Jean-Claude, The Music Makers: The History of the Music Box in Sainte-Croix. English translation by Rebecca Galeazzi, Edited by Nancy Fratti for the MBSI. 2004, Quartier Printing, Syracuse, NY. 332 pp. (Sugg. Retail, $77.50).

Troquet, Daniel, The Wonderland of Music Boxes and Automata. Sainte-Croix, Switzerland: Les Editions du Cochet S.A. (separate English and French editions), 1989. 219 pp. (Sugg. Retail, $120.00).

Wendel, Siegfried, Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett, Rüdesheim am Rhein. Text in English, French and German). 2002, SMMK Selbstverlag. 265 pp. (Suggested Retail, $29.95).

Out-of-Print Titles

Bahl, Gilbert, Music Boxes, The Collector's Guide to Selecting, Restoring, and Enjoying New and Vintage Music Boxes. 1993, Quintet Publishing Ltd., London. 80 pp.

Baumel, Rachael Bail, Alec Templeton's Music Boxes. 1958, Wilfred Funk, New York. 164 pp.

Bowers, Q. David, The Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments. 1972 (several reprints), The Vestal Press, Ltd., Vestal, New York. 1008 pp.

Bowers, Q. David, Guidebook of Automatic Musical Instruments (Vols. 1 & 2). 1967, The Vestal Press, Ltd., Vestal, New York. 697 pp.

Bowers, Q. David and Arthur Reblitz, Treasures of Mechanical Music. 1981, The Vestal Press, Ltd., Vestal, New York.

Bowers, Q. David. Nickelodeon Theaters And Their Music. 1986, Vestal Press, Vestal, New York. 212 pp.

Bowers, Q. David, Put Another Nickel In. 1966, The Vestal Press, Ltd., Vestal, New York. 248 pp.

Brown, George & Madeleine, The Story of the Music Box. 1952, Sound Books by Book Records, New York. 8 pp. with 33-1/3 LP record of musical boxes from the Brown collection.

Buchner, Alexander, Mechanical Musical Instruments. 1948, 1954, Batchwork Press, London. 174 pp.

Bulleid, H.A.V., Cylinder Musical Box Design and Repair. 1987, Almar Press, Binghamton, New York. 234 pp.

Bulleid, H.A.V., Cylinder Musical Box Technology. 1994, Almar Press, Binghamton, New York. 290 pp.

Chapuis, Alfred, History of the Musical Box and of Mechanical Music. MBSI, Summit, NJ. Translated by Joseph E. Roesch from the original French Histoire de la Boite a Musique et de la Musique Mecanique, 1955. 303 pp.

Clark, John E.T., Musical Boxes-History & Appreciation. 1948, Cornish Bros., Ltd. 1979, Allen & Unwin, Inc., Winchester, Mass. 264 pp.

Crowley, T. E., Discovering Mechanical Music. 1975, Shire Publications, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.

DeWaard, R., From Music Boxes to Street Organs. English ed. trans. by Wade Jenkins. 1967, The Vestal Press, Vestal, NY. 263 pp.

Hoke, Helen & John, Music Boxes, Their Lore and Lure. 1957, Hawthorn Books, New York. 94 pp with 33-1/3 LP record of musical boxes from the Bornand collection.

Maurice, Klaus and Mayer, Otto, Eds. The Clockwork Universe; German Clocks and Automata 1550-1650. 1980, Neale Watson, New York. 321 pp.

Mosoriak, Roy, The Curious History of Music Boxes. 1943, Lightner Publishing Co., Chicago. 242 pp.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., Clockwork Music. 1973, Crown, New York. 334 pp.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., Collecting Musical Boxes and How To Repair Them. 1967, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. 140 pp.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., Musical Box, A History and Collector's Guide. 1980, Allen and Unwin, Inc., Winchester, Mass. 409 pp. Companion to following volume.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., Restoring Musical Boxes. 1979, Allen and Unwin, Inc., Winchester, Mass. 186 pp. Companion to previous volume.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., Restoring Musical Boxes & Musical Clocks . 1997, Mayfield Books, Derbyshire, England. 368 pp.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., The Mechanics of Mechanical Music - The Arrangement of Music for Automatic Instruments. 1973, Ord-Hume, London. 75 pp.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., The Musical Box, A Guide for Collectors . 1995, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA. 343 pp.

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G., The Musical Clock, Musical & Automaton Clocks & Watches . 1995, Mayfield Books, Derbyshire, England. 352 pp.

Rulli, Angelo, Ed., Musical Boxes and Other Musical Marvels - A Decade of Enjoyment . 1987, MBSI, St. Paul, Minn. 484 pp. A compilation of selected research articles from 10 years of MBSI Bulletins (1975 - 1985).

Tallis, David, Music Boxes: A Guide for Collectors. 1971, Stein and Day, New York. 143 pp.

Weiss-Stauffacher Heinrich, The Marvelous World of Music Machines. 1976, Harper & Row, New York. 244 pp.

Webb, Graham, The Musical Box Handbook, Vol. 1, Cylinder Boxes. 1968, The Vestal Press, Ltd., Vestal, New York. 243 pp.

Webb, Graham, The Musical Box Handbook, Vol. 2, Disc Boxes. 1971, The Vestal Press, Ltd., Vestal, New York. 316 pp.

Wendel, Seigfried, The Mechanical Music Cabinet. 1984, Harenberg Kommunikation, Dortmund. 208 pp.