In 1877 a man from Stuttgart, Johannes C. Eckardt, applied for an American patent for a revolving musical tree stand. The user would place the tree´s trunk in an iron socket case in the shape of a pine cone, and when the spring mechanism was wound rotate slowly while a small music box concealed in its circular base played a Chrismas tune. Eckardt, like Albecht, couldn`t stop tinkering with his idea and he was subsequently granted three more patents for mechanical improvements to the original design, which remained popular for forty years.

 

Juletræfod fremstillet af Johannes C Eckardt i 1877
Tragten hvori træet placeres kører ganske langsomt rundt, samtidig med at mekanismen spiller henholdsvis Glade Jul
( Silent Night ) og
 

Det ses tydeligt af mekanismen trænger til en rensning

Hvem skulle tro at dette er 120 år gammelt ?
 

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