Accurate Description of Item
1900s Regina Music Box and Stand
Appraiser Remarks
These disc type music boxes first began to appeared in the 1880s. Unlike the cylinder players which used cumbersome and hard to store metal cylinder to pluck the musical comb, a thin metal disc was used, this allowed multiple tunes to be played on the same machine, in some cases the machines had self changing mechanisms that could play multiple discs, one after another. The disc players were made for a relatively short time and most companies that produced them faced tough economic times when Edison’s phonograph was perfected.
Estimated Value
$2000.00- $2800.00
Re: 1900s Regina music box and stand
1900s Regina Music Box and Stand
These disc type music boxes first began to appeared in the 1880s. Unlike the cylinder players which used cumbersome and hard to store metal cylinder to pluck the musical comb, a thin metal disc was used, this allowed multiple tunes to be played on the same machine, in some cases the machines had self changing mechanisms that could play multiple discs, one after another. The disc players were made for a relatively short time and most companies that produced them faced tough economic times when Edison’s phonograph was perfected.