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===Timeline=== 9th century: In [[Baghdad]], the [[BanΕ« MΕ«sΔ]] brothers, a trio of [[Inventions in the Islamic world|Persian inventors]], produced "the earliest known mechanical musical instrument", in this case a [[hydropower]]ed [[Organ (music)|organ]] which played interchangeable cylinders automatically, which they described in their ''[[Book of Ingenious Devices]]''. According to Charles B. Fowler, this "cylinder with raised pins on the surface remained the basic device to produce and reproduce music mechanically until the second half of the nineteenth century."<ref name="Fowler 45β49">{{citation|title=The Museum of Music: A History of Mechanical Instruments|first=Charles B.|last=Fowler|journal=Music Educators Journal|volume=54|issue=2|date=October 1967| pages=45β49| doi=10.2307/3391092| publisher=MENC_ The National Association for Music Education| jstor=3391092|s2cid=190524140}}. Citation on p. 45.</ref> Early 13th century: In [[Flanders]], an ingenious bell ringer invents a cylinder with pins which operates cams, which then hit the bells.<ref name="Fowler 45β49"/> 1598: Flemish [[clockmaker]] Nicholas Vallin produces a wall-mounted clock which has a pinned barrel playing on multiple tuned bells mounted in the superstructure. The barrel can be programmed, as the pins can be separately placed in the holes provided on the surface of the barrel.<ref>In the Collections of the British Museum (M.L. Antiquities Dept. [[Ilbert collection]])</ref> 1665: Ahasuerus Fromanteel in London makes a table clock which has quarter striking and musical work on multiple bells operated by a pinned barrel. These barrels can be changed for those playing different tunes.<ref>Horological Masterworks Exhibition AHS 2003 Catalogue No.14</ref> 1772: A watch is made by one Ransonet at Nancy, [[France]] which has a pinned drum playing music not on bells but on tuned steel prongs arranged vertically.<ref>Sotheby's Auction Masterpieces from the Time Museum June 19, 2002 Lot 73</ref> 1796: [[Antoine Favre-Salomon]], a clockmaker from [[Geneva]] replaces the stack of bells by a comb with multiple pre-tuned metallic notes in order to reduce space. Together with a horizontally placed pinned barrel, this produces more varied and complex sounds. One of these first music boxes is now displayed at the [[Shanghai Gallery of Antique Music Boxes and Automata]] in [[Pudong]]'s [[Oriental Art Center]].<ref>[http://en.shoac.com.cn/Content.asp?nrID=141 en.shoac.com.cn], "Antique Music Box Gallery", accessed 18 Dec 2014.</ref> 1877: [[Thomas Edison]] invents the [[phonograph]], which has important consequences for the musical-box industry, especially around the end of the century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph/|title=History of the Cylinder Phonograph|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|language=en-US|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999143_1999210,00.html|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|title=The Incredible Talking Machine|author=Stross, Randall|language=en-US|date=June 23, 2010|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> [[File:Baud museum mg 8521.jpg|thumb|Pocket watch with musical movements]] [[File:Corgi Ice Cream Van with chime (Music Box Toy Car).webm|thumb|a Corgi Ice Cream Van music box toy car with the hand crank musical chime]] In 2010 American jazz guitarist [[Pat Metheny]] released the album <i>[[Orchestrion (album)|Orchestrion]]</i> on which he performed alongside a variety of custom-designed and built acoustic and electromechanical [[Orchestrion|orchestrions]] which comprised the rest of the "band", playing music in real-time through the [[MIDI]] file format.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/orchestrion-mw0001950634 | title=Orchestrion - Pat Metheny | Album | AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
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