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Musical Box Definitions
By Stephen Kent Goodman

Regarding Nancy Fratti's comment:

> The question, 'What is a Musical Box', has come up for heated discussion
> about every five years in the MBSI.  I'm not going to attempt to 'define'
> it, but will defend my last letter by just saying that all the piano
> inquiries are great, but of little interest to those who like _disc_ and
> _cylinder_ boxes, you know, the stuff _without_ the pneumatics!  (Yes, I
> know someone will bring up that there were cylinder boxes with organ
> sections built in!)

Now I am thoroughly confused. How does one classify a Regina Concerto
Orchestrion,  about 10 feet tall,  with a piano harp and strings,  "music
box" style snare drum,  bass drum and cymbal, plus bells?  No pneumatics-
spring wound and plays from the super-sized Regina Concerto disks?  It is
coin operated and sounds like an over-sized "orchestral" music box!

Thoroughly Confused,

S.K.Goodman


(Message sent Fri 30 May 1997, 16:21:47 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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