Music Box

The Music Box iHorn couples a Buckley Music System, Inc. music box jukebox remote selector.  These models were made between 1939 and 1958 by Buckley Manufacturing Company in Chicago.  The Music Box took Nickels and was specifically advertised has possessing a slug protector which precluded using slugs instead of nickels to engage the music.  The horn is a Model A car horn.  So get ready to Twist and Shout!  The first diner was created in 1872, by a man named Walter Scott. He decided to sell food out of a horse-pulled wagon. So the history of "food trucks" is in fact the American Diner.   In the 1950’s, diners represented American optimism and prosperity. The jukebox basically started as coin operated phonographs in the late 1890's.  The term jukebox came into use in the United States beginning in 1940, apparently derived from the familiar usage "juke joint", meaning “disorderly, rowdy, or wicked.”  Table top selectors allowed the customer to remain seated at their table in the diner but choose and pay for the music they wanted to hear.  The original selections remain faintly visible, a casualty of a west facing wall selector and the glass magnified sun rays.  In essence, these selectors were the forerunner to both computer networks and playlists.  The Music Box iHorn represents the sock hops and the 50’s, the Twist and Chubby Checker. It is unique, functional and rocks.