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Object Record
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Metadata
Item ID# |
955.329.001a/b |
Object Name |
Box, Music |
Object Name 2 |
Organette |
Date |
ca.1897 |
Description |
One Regina disc music box. Box body is made of wood and is a light brown in colour - possibly oak. Lid secures to body by brass hinges, and has a front brass clasp. Within the lid is a windmill scene on paper. Mechanism is affixed to top deck of body on the proper right side. Music mechanism is comprised of a steel comb and a brass arm. Winding mechanism is a brass cog. There is a metal plate that runs half the width of the case, which acts as the soundboard. On the proper left side of the box is a brass plate with "REGINA 27443". Above the music mechanism are two paper labels with United States patent numbers and instructions on how to properly use the discs. The earliest patent number dates to 1889 and the latest is 1897. Mechanism is activated by a removable crank with is made of steel and has a black handle. |
Maker's mark |
The Regina Music Box Company was established by Polyphon (a music box company from Leipzig, Germany who saw the potential in the American market) in Rahway, New Jersey in 1892. They were forced to diversify their products around 1910 with the invention of the phonograph, expanding their products to include vacuum cleaners. Between 1892 Regina made more than 100,000 music boxes of which a relatively small number have survived. |
Provenance |
The Regina Music Box Company was established by Polyphon (a music box company from Leipzig, Germany who saw the potential in the American market) in Rahway, New Jersey in 1892. They were forced to diversify their products around 1910 with the invention of the phonograph, expanding their products to include vacuum cleaners. Between 1892 Regina made more than 100,000 music boxes. |
Dimensions |
H-7.48 W-11.811 D-9.055 inches |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Music |