The Disc Musical Box Book plus Computer Disc.

The Disc Musical Box (2012) 

By Kevin McElhone   496 Pages  + DVD.

This hardback Large A4 size book is printed in FULL Colour throughout on gloss paper

and Includes a Computer disc containing 2,000 pages of additional information as listed below..

It celebrates 50 years of The Musical Box Society of Great Britain M.B.S.G.B.

Was  £70  + Shipping  – now REDUCED to £35.00 + shipping to clear

Would you like to ADD the 100-page hardback matching

supplement to The Disc Musical Box published in 2018 by MBSGB

Please see other sale items for a discount if you buy both books together.

Chapter Headings 

1. A brief description and an overview of their history
2. Descriptions of the Instruments – History and models are described.
3. Table of Models – over 1,600 found.
4. Serial Numbers – of over 1,500 surviving instruments – can you add more ?
5. Tuning Scales – over 170 of those most commonly found.
6. Identification of Discs – over 350 types.
7. Tune Lists – four lists in the book, the rest will be on MBSGB Website.
8. Case Lid and Cabinet Pictures – over 400 different.
9. Patents – over 650 listed with websites for further study.
10. Storage of Discs or Music Sheets

Appendices

1. Original Costs and Notes on Currency Conversion
2. Makers of New Discs, Bins, Instruments and Parts
3. Further Reading
4. Mechanical Music Societies
5. Mechanical Music Museums
6. Finding and Buying a Disc Musical Box
7. Sources used during preparation of this book

Index of Illustrations.

There are over 1,700 illustrations in the book and the computer Compact Disc (CD) contains 466 pages of scans of original makers catalogues

• 211 pages of scanned makers tune lists.
• 5 tune lists which are searchable in PDF form
• 1,600 Musical Box Models searchable in PDF form
• 1,100 illustrations which would not fit in the book.