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Single-Comb 11-Inch Regina Music Box
By Bill Wineburgh

Hi, Glenn, you asked:

> 1.  I understand that this 11-inch single comb used to have feet, but
> either I have no Idea what they were supposed to look like so that
> I can buy them or make them.  Does anyone know what they looked like
> or if they can be purchased?

Likely "bun" feet; small rounded knob-like, about an inch-and-a-half in
diameter, flattened at the top and bottom and glued and screwed to the
bottom four corners.

> 2.  How can one fix a disc that tends to stick?

This can be caused by one or more things.  The star wheel gantry may be
gummed up after a century of sitting around gathering dust and dirt.
Another potential cause is bent projections on the disc itself.
Severely bent projections can hit adjacent starwheels and worse, they
can damage starwheels by bending them out of alignment.

> 3.  Does anyone know what the approximate value of an oak,
> single-comb Regina 11-inch disc player is worth?

The value is what you paid for it.  You help make the market.  :-)

> 4.  The lithograph of the cherubs and the queen in the cover is torn.
> Should I attempt to replace it and if so where might I look?

Replacements can be purchased from Nancy Fratti in upstate New York.
She can be reached at <musicbox@dreamscape.com>

> 5.  I am quite handy and would love to acquire a double comb Regina
> in disrepair to work on myself.  Anyone have an idea where the best
> place is to look for one?

eBay auction seems to have developed as quite a market for mechanical
musical instruments, and I have noted a number of the 15-1/2 Reginas.
Other outlets include auction houses such as Dawsons in Morris Plains,
and another one in Edison, NJ, whose name escapes me at the moment.

If you join the Musical Box Society (MBSI), there are chapter meetings
in the northeast; the East Coast Chapter (I am a member and former
Chapter Chair) holds four meetings a year, each having a mart where
we buy/sell/trade all manner of mechanical music items.  Check out the
organization's web page at http://www.mbsi.org/

Musically yours,

Bill Wineburgh
Succasunna, NJ
http://members.aol.com/WWineburgh/


(Message sent Thu 13 Mar 2003, 14:18:05 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  11-Inch, Box, Music, Regina, Single-Comb

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