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Unmarked Regina Music Box
By Dan Wilson

[ In MMD 990929 Jim Quashnock inquired about an unmarked disc
 [ music box purported to be a Regina Style 13.   -- Robbie

This music box is an early Regina made from a mechanism imported from
the parent company, Polyphon, and cased in an American-made cabinet,
and distributed as a Regina.

U.S. production of mechanisms bearing the Regina name took a while
to get going, and demand outpaced American supply capabilities into
the mid to late 1890's.  See the Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical
Instruments for a history of Regina.

Regina Certificates recording the serial number, date of shipment
and name of who it was shipped to are available from the MBSI.

Dan Wilson
North Carolina


(Message sent Wed 6 Oct 1999, 13:22:31 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Box, Music, Regina, Unmarked

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