Disk Music Boxes
Mechanical Marvels dating from 1885
Regina Style 36 Auto-Changer
A beautifully restored, coin-operated Regina. Operates and plays perfectly. The mahogany casework is magnificent.
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#357
Symphonion Style 25N
This deluxe walnut-cased German music box plays size 11.625” disks. In wonderful condition, playing great. We will include a brand-new set of 10 disks for your listening pleasure, including some Christmas titles.
#356
Regina Style 40
A very nice 15.5” disk Regina floor-standing console model. Fitted with the superior short bed plate mechanism with double combs. The lower compartment has a slide-out rack that can hold up to 140 disks.
#331
Criterion Hand-crank Model 00
Made c.1895 by F.G. Otto of New Jersey, who invented the “Capital Cuff” music box, this was their earliest entry into the disk genre. This type of music box is sometimes referred to as a “manivelle”, and it required turning of the front crank to play the 8.75” disk. The 44-tooth comb produces a very nice sound and the solid oak case is in excellent condition. Five disks are included, including some Christmas titles.
#358
In order to compete with the onslaught of "talking machines", Regina very wisely decided to embrace the concept by combining them with music boxes, giving the purchaser the best of both worlds, so to speak.
Some Reginaphones were adaptations of earlier music boxes; others (such as the "Lion's Head" model) were ground-up designs, intended to incorporate the finest acoustics and aesthetics of the day.
As with all Reginas, they were of sturdy and lasting construction. The phonograph components were made by Columbia and sometimes even marketed under the "Columbia Grafonola" nameplate.
Reginaphones are prized by collectors around the world.
“Lion’s Head” Reginaphone
One of the most desirable of all Regina models is this Style 240, with hand-carved lions at the front, curved sliding sound doors, and an overall elegant, unique appearance. Besides playing size 15.5” disks, it will also easily change over to play 78-rpm records. This breathtaking, mahogany, example was fully restored recently and plays and looks like it came from the factory 110+ years ago.
#343 (sale pending)
Reginaphone Style 139 & Base Cabinet
An absolutely fantastic Reginaphone Style 139, in a mahogany serpentine-shaped case with "ventilated" cupola style lid, allowing full volume and resonance of the music box to be heard even when closed.
Plays 20.75" disks, which can be conveniently stored in the matching, original base cabinet.
With mahogany horn, this is the very best example of this style that we have ever seen, appearing and playing just how it would have 110+ years ago when it left the factory. Every aspect of this instrument is virtually flawless... none finer!
#312
