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I have a Criterion Disc Music Box. I am looking for more information regarding this particular box.
The information I have was provided by a very nice woman at Panchronia Antiquities in Whitehall, NY.
Disc boxes were invented in 1884. Criterion Disc Music Boxes were made by F.G. Otto & Son in New Jersey. They were made up until about 1910 when the phonograph outdid the musical boxes. The size of the discs is 11½" and the outside of the box measures 14".
Below are pictures of the beautiful box and a list of the accompanying discs. Clicking on the pictures will bring up a larger and more detailed image.
| Disc Number | Song Title | |
|---|---|---|
| ???? | Standing on the Corner Didn't Mean No Harm | |
| ?248 | She Was Happy Till She Met You Song - Rosenfeld | |
| 3?4? | The Tyrolean Nightingale Song | |
| 3?49 | Doc Brown's Cake Walk Rag Time Dance | |
| 3006 | ForSaken | |
| 3008 | Morning Papers Waltz | |
| 3018 | Obersteiger, Don't Be Cross | |
| 3032 | Last Rose of Summer | |
| 3033 | Stephanie Cavotie | |
| 3034 | Artist's Life Waltz | |
| 3039 | The Silver Fish | |
| 3041 | Bitte Sohoen Polka | |
| 3043 | Hebenera From Carmen | |
| 3046 | Trovatore Miserere | |
| 3050 | Kiss Waltz | |
| 3051 | Freischuetz Hunters' Chorus | |
| 3070 | Radetzky March | |
| 3072 | The Tyrolean & His Child | |
| 3076 | Katy Mahone | |
| 3108 | Lucinda's Jubilee | |
| 3116 | The Pirates of Penzance Overture | |
| 3117 | Happy Days in Dixie | |
| 3118 | Whisper Your Mother's Name | |
| 3126 | Faust Waltz | |
| 3132 | Still Night, Holy Night Christmas Song | |
| 3133 | The Gipsy Baron Treasure Waltz | |
| 3136 | Dora Dean, Song | |
| 3137 | Dear Little Pouting Miss Prue | |
| 3143 | Dinorah, Dhadow Dance | |
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3152 | La Czarina Russian Mazurka |
| 3158 | Glory Glory Hallelujah - John Brown | |
| 3159 | I Love You In The Same Old Way | |
| 3225 | She's A Thoroughbred Song - Wayburn | |
| 3240 | The Black Hussah Dream Waltz: Milloecker | |
| 3244 | Legend of the Bells from Bells of Borneville, Plamouette | |
| 3245 | Olivette The Torpedo and The Whale Song - Audran | |
| 3246 | Farewell My Own True Love Song | |
| 3247 | Reissicers Waltz Weber's | |
| 3248 | Afterwards Song, Millen | |
| 3250 | In the Shadow of the Carolina Hills Song |
If you have any information about this music box, please send an e-mail to daniel@disneyguys.com

This advertisement was taken directly from a December, 1898, Harper’s Monthly Magazine.