| There are many vintage and antique music boxes | | | | drum, snare drum, and glockenspiel. In later years, the |
| and music collectibles that the music box and antique | | | | company also made a very rare "folding-top" table |
| collector can seek. These include wooden jewelry | | | | box as well as the casket model, which included |
| boxes, inlaid music boxes, wooden keepsake boxes, | | | | paper rolls. Discovering the rare "folding-top" table |
| and disc music boxes. The top three disc music | | | | box would be a tremendous find for the music box |
| boxes are the symphonion, polyphon, and Regina | | | | and antique collector as well as a great asset for any |
| music box. | | | | collection. |
| Symphonion | | | | Regina |
| Symphonion music boxes were made in Germany | | | | Many music box and antique collectors view the |
| beginning in 1886. Paul Lochmann, founder of | | | | Regina disc music box as having the best sound. |
| Kuhro-Lochmann was the first manufacturer of disc | | | | The company was established in 1892 when Polyphon |
| music boxes. They symphonion was produced in | | | | founder Gustave Brachhausen, went to the U.S. to |
| many sizes, types, and styles. Some of the more | | | | found the Regina Music Box Company in New Jersey. |
| popular items in the 1890's were disc-playing clocks, | | | | Some interesting music boxes and musical items |
| the three-disc Erocia the "Rocco" which was | | | | made by Regina before its demise in 1922 included a |
| contained in an attractive wooden case, and the | | | | hand-operated vacuum cleaner, and the disc |
| "Gambrinus" which was a coin-operated machine | | | | orchestrions that played piano, tublar bells, drums, and |
| made in the shape of a barrel. | | | | triangle. In addition, the company came out with the |
| Since many collectors consider the tone of | | | | Reginaphone, which had a turntable, and horn that |
| symphonion music boxes superior to the polyphon | | | | could be removed as well as a phonograph arm that |
| music boxes, finding a music box such as this would | | | | could be turned to one it. This enabled it to be used |
| be a real treat for the music box and antique | | | | as a normal music box. |
| collector. | | | | For the music box and antique collector interested in |
| Polyphon | | | | collecting antique and vintage music boxes, the |
| Established by Gustave Brachhausen in 1897, the | | | | symphonion, polyphon, and Regina music boxes would |
| Polyphon Company created a line of strong | | | | make great additions to any collection. Why not add |
| interchangeable music boxes and musical objects such | | | | them to your current collection of inlaid music boxes, |
| as coin operated clocks fitted with disc movements | | | | musical jewelry boxes, wooden jewelry boxes, and |
| and the polyphon-concerto. The polyphon-concerto | | | | wooden keepsake boxes today? |
| was as a disc orchestra, which played a piano, bass | | | | |