Winter 2020/21
List of contents
- Chairman’s Report
- Letters to the Editor
- Paillard, as seen on TV
- Synphonion Chimes
- Restoration of an F Lecoultre Box
- Breker Auction Review
- Exploring Gormenghast Castle
- Meeting of Japanese Society
Autumn 2020
List of Contents
- Chairman’s Report
- Initials IPR stamped on Bedplate
- The Clement Clock
- A Rare Musical Doll
- Street Organ Postcards
- Restoring an Early Clock Base Movement
- Making a CD of Snuff Box Tunes
- Japanese Battery Operated Automata
- The Murder of a Philadelphia Musical Box Agent
- Napoleon Hat Chiming Clock
- Repairing Box Hinges and Stays
Summer 2020
List of Contents
- Chairman’s Report
- Breker Auction Report
- The Making of a Musical Disc
- Found in a Cellar
- A Box with an Unusual Tune Sheet
- Richard Spiers, Agent
- Award Presentation
- Musical Trivets
- Auguste L’Epee and P.H.Paur
- Ducommun and L’Epee Dating Charts
- Mechanical Toys in the V&A Museum
Now available to purchase is our new CD of early snuff box movements
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In February 2020 we celebrated the fifth snniversary of the founding of AMBC. There was to have been a presentation to our Chairman, Ted Brown, at our AGM in April, but unfortunately this meetimg had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. We hope to arrange a photo opportunity at a future meeting.… Read More
Spring 2020
List of Contents
- Chairman’s Report
- Musical Bracket Clock
- February Meeting
- A 78 Revolution
- Making of Quarters and Chimes
- A Simple Case
- Boxing Clever
- Another Changeable Cylinder Prototype
- A Black Forest Barrel Organ
Winter 2019/2020
List of Contents
- Chairman’s Report
- Christmas Meeting
- L’Epee Company’s New Experiment
- Meeting at Rudesheim Kabinett
- The Dulcitone
- Musical Teddy Bears
- A Big Little Musical Box
Autumn 2019
List of Contents
- Chairman’s Report
- August Meeting Report
- Toy Gramophones and Phonographs
- The Mikiphone
- AMBC September Auction
- MBSI Annual Meeting
- Through the Looking Glass – Automata Museums
- The Edison “Fireside” Phonograph
- AMBC Member in the News
Summer 2019
List of Contents
- Chairman’s Report
- April Meeting Report
- June Meeting Report
- Repairing a Manivelle
- A Three-Dimensional Automaton Picture
- Restoration of a Cylinder Musical Box
- Kinetic Sculptures and Automata
- Heinrich Zumsteg Musical Box
- Visit to Rudesheim