Bill & Carolee Wineburgh have placed musical boxes on public display at
the Morris County Historical Society's museum, an 1850's Victorian home
on Morris Street in Morristown, NJ.  This location is a wonderful venue
for displaying musical boxes that provided entertainment in the
Victorian era.

The exhibit pieces provided by the Wineburgh's included a 19-5/8"
Polyphon Style 104 in a walnut case on a matching disc storage bin, a
14-1/2" Adler table-top disc musical box in a walnut case, a 15" Mira
table-top disc musical box in a mahogany case, a Symphonion Style 28S
manivelle disc musical box that was rescued at the Virginia
International Convention in 1992 and restored, a Kalliope 50G (Eisen
reproduction, 1974) 23.5 cm disc musical box with 6 bells, another
Kalliope playing 7" discs, Reuge Singing Birds in a cage and a singing
bird box, an Eckardt nickel-plated rotating musical Christmas tree
stand with tree, decorated in the Victorian style, and an educational
exhibit with a brief history of musical boxes and descriptions of both
cylinder and disc musical boxes and how they operate with examples of
each type of instrument.  Several musical novelty items such as a photo
album, a carved nut dish, a crystal decanter and a beer stein are also
included.

In addition to the Wineburghs, Jere & Steve Ryder loaned a beautiful
6-tune serpentine cased cylinder musical box with a clock on the front
and a Michel Marcu automaton, OEGirl With Flowers.'  An historical
society member, Jane Orenstein loaned a nice 15-1/2" Regina table-top
disc musical box in a mahogany pinstriped case.

The exhibit was kicked off by the annual Holly Walk, an historic homes
tour, on December 5-7, 1997.  There were almost 1,000 visitors to Acorn
Hall, and the musical boxes were definitely a hit!

Almost all of the musical boxes were played throughout the three days
to the delight and enjoyment of both visitors and docents alike.
Christmas tunes were provided on many of the boxes, adding to the charm
of the home that was decorated for the Holidays.

The exhibit will remain at Acorn Hall for tours on Thursdays
(11:00-3:00) and Sundays (1:30-4:00) through January 13, 1998.  The
docents have been trained to play the instruments on exhibit.  For
further information, contact Pat Jacques, Morris County Historical
Society at (973) 267-3465.

Musically yours,

Bill Wineburgh
http://members.aol.com/WWineburgh/musicbox.html