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Regina Sublima Piano & Mandolin Orchestra
By Al Menashe

There is an interesting item at eBay auction.  It is a Regina Mandolin
Orchestra.  It apparently is a coin operated piano that is mechanical.
I bet the rolls are rare --anybody know anything about them?

Al Menashe

 [ Editor's note:
 [
 [ The Regina Music Box Company (a subsidiary of Polyphon Musikwerke)
 [ was America's dominant firm in the disc music box field, and began
 [ selling coin-operated pianos shortly after 1900.
 [
 [ The "Regina Sublima Piano & Mandolin Orchestra" plays a five-tune
 [ roll, usually made of heavy manila paper, much like a key-type
 [ fairground organ.  The mandolin version featured reiterating key
 [ strikes, and produced music something like a mandolin.
 [
 [ There is more interesting information on page 594 of "Encyclo-
 [ pedia of Automatic Musical Instruments", by Q. David Bowers.
 [
 [ Robbie


(Message sent Wed 18 Nov 1998, 23:51:22 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Mandolin, Orchestra, Piano, Regina, Sublima

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