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Polyphon

Polyphon 1. *music box made by the Polyphon Co. of Leipzig soon after 1886, with punched steel disc and star wheel plucking the comb (37, 43); 2. syn. of poliphant (89). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Buchner, Alexandr. Mechanical Musical Instruments. London, n.d. Clark, John E. T. Musical Boxes. London, 1952. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954.

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