A founder member of the Society Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume, has written most of the standard works on mechanical music including Collecting Musical Boxes and How to Repair Them, Player Piano, Clockwork Music, Barrel Organ, Mechanical Music and The Musical Clock.

Indeed, all of the modern books on musical boxes and related instruments have been written by members of the Musical Box Society of Great Britain. These include Musical Boxes by our first president, the late J.E.T. Clark: The Disc Musical Box Handbook and The Cylinder Musical Box Handbook by Graham Webb; Musical boxes by David Tallis, a past treasurer of the Society.

More recent publications are "Cylinder Musical Box Design & Repair" and "Cylinder Musical Box Technology" by our regular contributor H.A.V. Bulleid. "Mechanical Music" an introductory booklet for those wishing for a brief history of the subject by Kevin McElhone. Overseas members have written Au Temps de la Boîte a Musique (Fredy Baud, Switzerland); The Marvellous World of Music Machines (H. Wiess-Stauffacher, Switzerland); Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments (Q David Bowers, USA). Player Piano Treasury (Harvey Roehl, USA); Muziek op Rolletjes (Dr.J.J.L. Haspels, Holland).

Back numbers of many of the more recent issues of "Music Box" are available and a complete set forms a very valuable reference work for anyone interested in mechanical music. The "Music Box" is a publication respected the world over and has won many plaudits for its high standard of presentation and content. - see homepage for details.

'Tune Sheets' by HAV Bulleid (Musical Box Society of Great Britain) Available from The musical Box Society of Great Britain

'The Organette Book ' by Kevin McElhone (Musical Box Society of Great Britain) Available from The Musical Box Society of Great Britain

For further information regarding the last two books please contact the society via the contact page of this web site

THE NICOLE FACTOR IN MECHANICAL MUSIC
with CD of music and of the Nicole register and catalogues
This is the latest publication by the Musical Box Society of Great Britain.
Written by Paul Bellamy, Arthur Cunliffe and Roy Ison
A book for beginner or specialist interested in the history of the Swiss musical box makers.