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Value of Regina Sublima
By Marty Roenigk

Liz Vest inquired about the Regina Sublima.  This was the effort by
the Regina Music Box Company to break into the coin piano business
(they tried the same thing in coin phonographs with the Regina
Hexaphone).  It does not seem to have been very popular, and one can
understand why.

Because of its construction, the rolls were far more expensive and the
quality of sound/arrangement reproduction was at a severe disadvantage
to regular coin pianos.  The same problems carry through today, and the
Regina Sublima is not very highly regarded because of its sound,
although it is certainly an interesting thing to see and here.  Also,
the rolls tend to get badly damaged in playing, and I don't know of
anyone reproducing them.

I would say the retail value of a nice original playing example would
be in the $3000-5000 range.

Marty Roenigk
www.mechantiques.com
mroenigk@aol.com


(Message sent Sat 15 Aug 1998, 12:52:03 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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