Remember, it's not a precursor to audio recording, it's a precursor to midi files.

Oh, I love these music boxfans. The sound is so magical, beautiful and a bit creepy.

Five Night's at Wilhelm's

I love all those antique music boxes! Their complex sounds sure beat the little musical jewelry boxes with the spinning ballerinas or the wind-up musical toys. Interesting that a German marching song was used. It sounds more Christmas-y than military.

My mother and I visited a friend. He played his Regina Music Box in perfect condition. It was beautiful and I was surprised how loud it was for being a music box. He also had a very rare player grand piano that you also wound up. It played beautifully! They have both passed on now to the greatest of places, and this brings back the pleasant memory to focus on. Thanks Durbeck von Wyman!!

Just imagining how truly magical that must have been for those who first heard it.🐝🤗❤️

DJs 150 years back then

Wilhelm II: Good night, German Empire. German Empire: When will I wake up? Wilhelm II: Soon... very soon.

This was very interesting and informative I was surprised that the original sewing machines....pedalled Were in the same structural framework of Cabinet. Inspired.

Interesting to hear it as a melody piece; I'm so used to hearing it as a soldiers' song (which it is, and a good one - I'm just going to search for some now), but nice to hear this version. Lovely box - thanks for sharing! P. S.: I've often wondered: other than the printing on the top surface, do the discs have a way of knowing where the start is - or could you load one part way through? I notice the boxes always have a sort of clunk and stop at the end. (Oh - this one doesn't clunk. But still stops.)

You are so lucky! What a treasure! I would love to have one of those! It is so beautiful!!! I hope you have it and that it works well for many more years!

Stuff like this is wild, makes you appreciate all the efforts made into just having music in the home, something we take for granted so much today lol

It's like a combo between a record player and a wind-up music box. I didn't know this a thing! Fascinating!

music box is so wonderful

When the candle goes out while you are in the trench and Kaiser Friedrich Faßbär shows up.

Ich liebe diese 💕

I haven’t listened to this in over a year. I forgot how beautiful it was. Thanks for posting!

This soothes my nineteenth century soul.

that sounded beautiful

Who doesn't love to hear a beautiful music box playing. I love it. Watching you from the Southern Tier of the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York USA 🇺🇸

Love the quality of the sound of this music box. Incredible!

Thank you for sharing this precious treasure.

What beautiful sound! I was amazed at how _rich_ the tones were! I had expected the sound to be much tinnier. 🥰

Lovely ! This is so relaxing as it is divine!🇩🇪🎼🎵🎶🌹🤗❤️‼️

What a beautiful thing to have! The sound is lovely!

Nice song when lights go out 😊😊

Beautiful music box! What a treasure ❤️

Wonderful! Thank you for showing. It makes me imagine how people live in the 19th century.

As someone who loves military music and history, this is really cool

Thank you for the beautiful music.

Que aparelho incrivel e mais incrivel é ser tão antigo e de precisão! Seus inventores realmente eram muito criativos!!

I can not tell you the absolute joy I get from properly functioning historical items, I couldn't wait for you to start the music.

If it's anything like a Victrola, that clunk sound at 1:28 means the spring motor needs to be cleaned out and have fresh grease applied.

The sound is magical 🤌

What a wonderful machine...

Music boxes have such a cute nostalgic sound

Beautiful enchanting sound

What a wonderful item to own!!

If you think about it, this is digital. Each hole represents either a one or zero either a note is played or it isn’t there is no in between therefore with the rightcom and the correct spacing of each hole the music will be reproduced perfectly with no generational loss.

When your duty of watching the Rhine carries late into the night.

Oh thank you, these are gorgeous.

Atemberaubend schön!

really appreciate that the owner of this box still use it instead putting it in a glass box letting it collecting dust.

So cool. I always enjoyed music boxes but I've never seen one that could play such a wide range of notes before.

I've seen a couple in person some years back. Still think they are cool. Much more robust / intricate sound to them than most music boxes you see these days.

So Yale’s alma mater used the melody to Die Wacht am Rhein - called “Bright College Years” They’d play this in graduation, etc. but also there’s a huge carrillon in a big watchtower, and they’d play it quite often and you can hear it. Listening to his music box instantly brought me back to a hung over Sunday morning in New Haven

Marvelous! ❤

How ingenious & beautiful music

That is honestly epic, a music box that can play music box records.

Oh! Wow! That was a really pleasant song.

That is a lovely sound.

It's so magical

Five Nachts at Friedrich's

I love this song, it's My favourite

Wonderful! Thanks a lot for posting such an interesting content!

WONDERFUL ❣️‼️ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Literally just saw one of these for the first time on Saturday at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Cool gadget.

Sounds lovely. Jack Benny used to write music on these discs by pinning one to the wall and shooting it with a shotgun.

Things like this make you appreciate what we have now. Even stuff from the 80's look super advanced.

That was lovely, thank you.

It's crazy how much man has progressed in just the last ±100 years alone.

Oh how wonderful

"Was that the Reich of '14?"

Never seen one of these. Very interesting mix of old school technology

Beautiful

Damn this bumped hard back in my days 🥳

Simplemente hermoso.

who even needs vinyl,,,, this is beautiful =) im impressed as if it was a easter miracle,, and this is 200 years later after its creation.

this made me cry

Did you hear about the mighty munch of (18)71' when Moltke bit Napoleon III. Truly an astounding event. I hear this whenever the lamps go out at Wilhelm's. I am staying there for five nights.

Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to hear.

good and old deutschland song.

Ah!!!! Que hermoso!!!! Yo quiero una!!!

Wunderbar !

This song is a banger

I love music boxes.

I just saw a whole horror movie/horror game just listening to this video-

Thank you for this

"You collect vintage vinyl? That's cute."

Enchanteur 🤩

Awesome!!!

I remember hearing this sunf in a scene from the movie "Casablanca".

I came here to see Monica's regina and all I got was an old music box.

Shred it the fu@# up Monica, YEAH!!!!!

Love the volume control 😂

imagine hearing this as a kid in the 1800s

Amazing

I feel like an old English lady taking a cup of tea in a cozy small cottage in winter late evening during a soft snow storm.

fest steht und treu die wacht die wacht am rhein!

Danke für die Musik

Blessings

Beautiful 😍

omg. Thank your for sharing!

imagine if he lived in a house with a ghost and this starts playing, i'd move out ig

imagine living in the 1800s coming out to your village showing off with one of these

The breathing in the beginning is great 👍👍

Its quiet pleasant 😌

"If you don't go to bed kids, I'll play another of these metal discs."

Now all you need is Humphrey Bogart to start another one, at the other end of the room, playing "La Marseillaise". 😉

The kaisers bedtime lullaby