First Annual Meeting, October 14, 1950, Indianapolis, IN

• Held in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Perry Ghere
• First presentations: “What to Look For in Buying a Music Box” (Glenn Heckert); “Refinishing a Music Box” (Marguerite Fabel).
• Ghere and Fred Smith collections shown.
• Officers elected: Dr. Byron P. Merrick, President; Lloyd Kelley, Vice-President; Ruth Bornand, Secretary; and Clarence Fabel, Treasurer.
• Membership: 49

Second Annual Meeting, September, 1951, Pittsburgh, PA

• At the home Mr. Herbert H. Meyer
• First single page mimeographed Bulletin is produced.
• Membership: 64

August, 1952

• A series of articles from Hobbies Magazine is reprinted and distributed.
• Two issues of the Bulletin are produced.

Third Annual Meeting, September, 1952, Berlin Heights, OH

• At the home of Byron Merrick
• First Mart
• The News Letter is established.
• Membership: 83

Fourth Annual Meeting, September, 1953, Hanover, MA

• At the home of Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd G. Kelley
• The name is changed from “Musical Box Hobbyists”, to the “Musical Box Society, International.”
• Membership: 91

Fifth Annual Meeting, September 26, 1954, Dearborn, MI

• At the Educational Building at Greenfield Village, Ford Museum.
• The first pins and seals using the MBSI insignia are commissioned.
• Membership: 108