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music box

Summary

music box ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (812 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • music box is a type of lamellophone[2].
  • music box is a type of mechanical musical instrument[3].
  • music box is a type of decorative object[4].
  • music box's Commons category is recorded as Musical boxes[5].
  • music box's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • music box's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • music box's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 112.1[8].
  • music box's different from is recorded as Music box[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include lamellophone[2], mechanical musical instrument[3], and decorative object[4].

Why It Matters

music box ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (812 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Music box
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Subclass of → lamellophone, mechanical musical instrument, decorative object
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30044, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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