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
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