Music in a Box

By Emily Eagle on Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

The fancy new iPods that we listen to today will likely be out of date in five years, but music players haven’t always been so disposable.

A century and a half ago music lovers handcrafted elaborate music boxes. These machines are now considered antiques, but many of them can still play music if given the proper repairs.

Independent producer Emily Eagle brought us the story of Michael Everett, one of the last music box repairmen. This piece was produced at The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and you can hear it the Public Radio Exchange.

(Photo by Jorge Franganillo via Flickr/Creative Commons)

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