MUSICAL PUTZES

Post by **maria** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:44 pm

I don't know if this is an accurate way to put it but there are many made in Japan putz houses (cardboard houses) that have no hole for a light but were instead musical; most had a music box mechanism that played Silent Night, followed by Jingle Bells in my experience. Here are some of my "cardboard" musical putzes

Post by **paulrace** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:03 pm

Pretty cool. Do they use the tine music box machines?

Post by **maria** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:19 pm

Yes, they wind-up. The Santa one is from the late 60's; the Church one is from the early 60's supposedly.

Post by **maria** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:55 pm

And here's another one.

Post by **Howard** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:23 pm

good afternoon...

here's a pix of a "garage sale" find from a few years back...although not cardboard, but plastic, it seem to fit in with the general category of "musical putzes"...the only marking i can find says "hong kong"...i'm not sure of the year of manufacture...naturally, it plays "silent night"...we usually display it with a collection of angels on a shelf over a dimestore manger scene that is from the 50's...

my very best regards...

howard

Post by **maria** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:05 pm

A garage sale find! I need to get down your way to some garage sales. I have seen two versions of this. One was made in Japan very early 60's--the other, very similar to this only with a minister playing not an angel, was made in Hong Kong late 70's. Both played Silent Night as well.