Music Box

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Music box

Basic details

Music Box is an artifact.
It was created sometime in 1900.
You can find the original at Grand Lodge of Ohio Masonic Museum.

Background

This mechanical instrument, or music box, was used to provide music for ceremonies at New England Lodge No. 4. A music box plays tunes automatically. This particular music box employs cylinders. Pins protrude from the cylinders which strike metal teeth when rotated, producing notes. The pins are placed on each cylinder in patterns which play various melodies.

Subjects

It features the organization Grand Lodge of Ohio F & AM.
It covers the topics art, freemasons and music.
It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Memory identification code is nel0020_001.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on . It was last updated .

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