In the victorian era, music boxes were commonly made from old snuff boxes. There were personal-sized pocket boxes that you carried around with you, and tabletop boxes for your parlor or coffee table. These old tabletop boxes were the ones commonly used for music boxes. I though this tune sounded like an old music box on the ukulele, and I like the occasional snuff… so there you are.

Tabletop Box

I play bluegrass, honky tonk, and rockabilly double bass. I took up the ukulele in around 2006 because it’s more portable. I didn’t count on falling in love with it so much.

Tabletop Box

Mark Eagleton