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Music box with the first radio tune

Unknown1918

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Hilversum, Netherlands

At the Jaarbeurs in 1919 Idzerda plays the tunes of this music box for the microphone. It is the first music which is broadcast wirelessly in the Netherlands through the ether. The mechanical music box is in the possession of the Idzerda family.

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  • Title: Music box with the first radio tune
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1918
  • Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
  • Type: object
  • Rights: CCbySA
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

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