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Olympia Musical Box Plays Regina Discs
By Eliyahu Shahar

I once saw a Triumph disc playing musical box that played Regina discs.
While the tuning of the combs is the same (or I should say that the
relative tuning) between several disc playing musical boxes, the
differences show up just as you have mentioned -- the center spindle
and the drive gear.

In the Triumph, someone took out the original parts and replaced them
with Regina-type parts so as to be able to play more readily available
discs on their machine.  As Triumphs are very rare and Reginas
extremely common, if they didn't have a large supply of Triumph discs,
and they are unconcerned with originality, I can understand why they
would do such a thing.  (Please don't assume that I condone it!).

I would recommend replacing the drive gear and spindle with an original
or reproduction Olympia gear and spindle to return the machine to its
original glory.

Eliyahu Shahar


(Message sent Wed 17 Dec 2003, 07:55:19 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

Key Words in Subject:  Box, Discs, Musical, Olympia, Plays, Regina

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