EPISODE · Feb 22, 2026 · 27 MIN
Musical boxes and cylinders
from Cities and Memory - remixing the world · host Cities and Memory
Musical boxes and cylinders: recording of European musical boxes and cylinders in the Pitt Rivers Museum's collections being played, including English, German and Swiss examples.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being one of a small number of recordings of the musical instruments in the institution's collections being played or discussed.Unknown recordist.Copyright Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.———Part of the project A Century of Sounds, reimagining 100 sounds covering 100 years from the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. Explore the full project at citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds
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