@bragolin4, it's a colloquial name I read that the French use for a toy, hand-cranked box of this sort. Manivelle means "crank", I believe. Cheers, thanks for writing.
apparently the style didn't change much through the 1960's because although i bought a german mb that played a lullaby in the late 60's, it is the same size, with the same type of paper and identical handle.
It was a sales video for ebay I posted, using the ebay sales account (this is reid/netsky/etc speaking now)
The toy has no spring, no plastics, no guile, just mechanical parts and a steel comb tuned by ear to a very high level of quality by girl workers in a factory in France a century ago. These were toys to be prized by the children, and a few were well cared for over the years. This one was and is a charmed survivor; a reminder of how nearly basic life once was.
The mechanical sounds are what makes it so good. I don't know about the song itself, which I find quite annoying, but the sound is what gets to me. I wish more people made music boxes.. Maybe I will.
Is it true what HartfordTommy wrote in a comment here, that girls made them in fabriques?
From where is this info in origin?
bragolin4 2 weeks ago
Is this an official name "Manivelle"? I own some of these hand winded old music boxes, but I don't know the name of this French manufacturer
bragolin4 1 month ago
@bragolin4, it's a colloquial name I read that the French use for a toy, hand-cranked box of this sort. Manivelle means "crank", I believe. Cheers, thanks for writing.
ampdavolts 1 month ago
apparently the style didn't change much through the 1960's because although i bought a german mb that played a lullaby in the late 60's, it is the same size, with the same type of paper and identical handle.
grofys 11 months ago
i just got a old one and it looks like a old mini victrola
51rickjames 1 year ago
thats a very pritty music box
twinofanangel21 3 years ago
It was a sales video for ebay I posted, using the ebay sales account (this is reid/netsky/etc speaking now)
The toy has no spring, no plastics, no guile, just mechanical parts and a steel comb tuned by ear to a very high level of quality by girl workers in a factory in France a century ago. These were toys to be prized by the children, and a few were well cared for over the years. This one was and is a charmed survivor; a reminder of how nearly basic life once was.
HartfordTommy 3 years ago
winsome, endearing, pure netsky charisma.
banditfemme 3 years ago
absolutely netsky.
banditfemme 3 years ago
The mechanical sounds are what makes it so good. I don't know about the song itself, which I find quite annoying, but the sound is what gets to me. I wish more people made music boxes.. Maybe I will.
leafsoup 3 years ago 2
It... Was beautiful...
leafsoup 4 years ago 2