# 1890 Coin Operated Polyphon Music Box- "O Come All Ye Faithful"

This is a coin operated Polyphon music box (ca. 1890) in the collection of the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Here, it plays a rendition of "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful," on a pressed metal disk. As the disk rotates, projections on the back turn wheels which pluck the teeth of the comb.Listen for the sound of the coin dropping at 1:10.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Canada Science and Technology Museum
- Genres: Science, Music
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1890_Coin_Operated_Polyphon_Music_Box-_%22O_Come_All_Ye_Faithful%22.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Canada Science and Technology Museum
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/47846389?play=1)