American Musical Instruments

20 Antique Symphonion Music Box 13.5" Discs 19th C

An antique music box by Regina offers quarter sawn oak case having carved rope twist trim, maker label as photographed; working condition; 19th century Measures - 12.5"h x 26"w x 18...

An antique Regina music box offers mahogany case with inlaid banding, serial #55116, includes five discs, 19th century Measures - 13.25"h x 24" x 19.75" Catalogue Note: Ask abo...

A great example of a Regina music box with short bedplate and double comb in a serpentine oak case, from the Regina Company in Rahway, NJ, Serial #500...

An antique Regina music box offers carved oak case with turned corner column and raised on bracket feet, maker label and number as photographed, c1890; newer custom floor cabinet wit...

One of the rarest examples of a mechanical bird box ever seen, this extraordinary box features not one, but two brilliantly colored love birds. When the lid is opened, the delightful pair begin to sing their sweet, melodious tune, with their bodies, wings and beaks in full motion. While the presence of two singing birds makes this an exceptional rarity, it is distinguished in all other respects as well. The sterling silver casing is handsomely set with panels of powder blue enamel and hand-painted porcelain miniatures decorated with serene seascapes. The complex mechanism has the amazing ability to successfully engage two independently moving birds within a casing typically designed for a single bird. The one-of-a-kind objet d'art was inspired by the mechanical complexity of 19th-century Swiss automata, and it represents the pinnacle of the art form. Mechanical singing bird boxes...

5th Regiment US infantry civil war style drum. Painted eagle and "5th Reg. US Infantry" on front encased in rope. Measures: 22.5" H, 19.75" W.

The first American cylinder talking machine! Crafted in New York circa 1890, this graphophone features the original oak casing, and five rolls of music. It is very good working order (check our attached video) Originally know as the phonograph, the graphophone was developed for the interest in recording and producing sound. It was first achieved by Thomas Edison in 1877 but in 1879, Bell and his other assistant Charles Sumner Tainter began to make improvements in Edison's invention. He was interested in this invention because of the potential aid for the teaching of the death. However, they found out later that the tinfoil records used by Edison was deteriorated after several uses. The overall principle of the graphophone was to record speech vibration onto a disk. It was invented at the Volta Laboratory established by Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, D.C., United States. Its trademark usage was acquired successively by the Volta Graphophone Company, then the American Graphophone Company, the North American Phonograph Company, and finally by the Columbia Phonograph...

About This is an original mahogany table top book or music stand with three brass holders and 10 notch settings on the base. Collapses flat. This piece has retained its original f...

This roller organ was most likely made by the Autophone Company in Ithaca, New York, around 1885-1899. It is a Concert 20-note model, with 20 reeds and a hinged glass front cover. This roller organ plays a metal-pin-studded wooden cylinder also called a “cob.” A hand crank...

An antique professional grade jazz trombone by J. Fischer, New York offers nickel-plated brass construction and includes case, maker engraved in h...

Antique lot of forty five 15" Regina Music Box discs, circa 1890 Measures: 1/64" height x 15" diameter.