Monica’s Regina Music Box I : “Die Wacht am Rhein”

[@gsilva220]

Remember, it's not a precursor to audio recording, it's a precursor to midi files.

[@HannekeDebie]

The funny part is, nowadays there are musicboxes that work with midi files as input, instead of disks, cillinders or paper rolls. So it has come full circle I guess.

[@superbroadcaster]

@@HannekeDebie Come full circle

[@maccabanana1373]

@@superbroadcaster like a music box disk

[@Coco-hq6ns]

@@maccabanana1373 haha square

[@KangJangkrik]

Recursively circular

[@jase123111]

Oh, I love these music boxfans. The sound is so magical, beautiful and a bit creepy.

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

I conceived my son to one of these. I can say the same about him

[@gameseeker6307]

@@jean-lucpicard3012 haha ha How... romantic?

[@Lavidadepaz]

Si da un poco de miedo

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

@@jean-lucpicard3012 on accident or on purpose?

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

@@keepyourshoesathedoor I can't remember

[@alifr4088]

Five Night's at Wilhelm's

[@kamerad_marzuki3631]

Wilhelm Afton

[@Brandon-73109]

Funf nacht auf Feddy hause

[@LuigiFanBloxFr]

Lol

[@aidandookie5720]

five night at freadery fazbeard the 3rd

[@cursedpikachu7644]

@X_namdangchillX_9056Polska r u sure?

[@mrs.g.9816]

I love all those antique music boxes! Their complex sounds sure beat the little musical jewelry boxes with the spinning ballerinas or the wind-up musical toys. Interesting that a German marching song was used. It sounds more Christmas-y than military.

[@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497]

The spirit of the German volk will bring ammunition to all the troops at the front, but only so long as the munitions factory workers don't read defeatist newspapers. What's that, it's 1916? Oh, dear...

[@GameMaker3_5]

That's likely just due to how many Christmas songs are on music boxes or use them for sound...

[@williamweigt7632]

For the Germans…it can be both. 😂

[@darknesskingsized8996]

They have a wider comb, so they can do more complex songs since they have better range. Not to mention the huge metal disk in place of the usual cylinder. Toys and jewelry boxes couldn't fit that stuff.

[@mrs.g.9816]

@@darknesskingsized8996 I sorta knew that. But thanks for the info!

[@mwj5368]

My mother and I visited a friend. He played his Regina Music Box in perfect condition. It was beautiful and I was surprised how loud it was for being a music box. He also had a very rare player grand piano that you also wound up. It played beautifully! They have both passed on now to the greatest of places, and this brings back the pleasant memory to focus on. Thanks Durbeck von Wyman!!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Just imagining how truly magical that must have been for those who first heard it.🐝🤗❤️

[@lasarousi]

Probably thought it was the devil

[@weegie3343]

it’s a military song. So mabie for kim jhon un

[@OfficialUKGov]

“O Scheiße Heinrich was ist das Zauberei”

[@autisticsh1t]

@@OfficialUKGov HAHAHAHA

[@Wolfganger]

I haven’t listened to this in over a year. I forgot how beautiful it was. Thanks for posting!

[@caitlincunningham8354]

You are so lucky! What a treasure! I would love to have one of those! It is so beautiful!!! I hope you have it and that it works well for many more years!

[@bologna3048]

Stuff like this is wild, makes you appreciate all the efforts made into just having music in the home, something we take for granted so much today lol

[@ronch550]

So true. People today take things for granted.

[@MrAnonymousme10]

DJs 150 years back then

[@G6JPG]

Interesting to hear it as a melody piece; I'm so used to hearing it as a soldiers' song (which it is, and a good one - I'm just going to search for some now), but nice to hear this version. Lovely box - thanks for sharing! P. S.: I've often wondered: other than the printing on the top surface, do the discs have a way of knowing where the start is - or could you load one part way through? I notice the boxes always have a sort of clunk and stop at the end. (Oh - this one doesn't clunk. But still stops.)

[@mattmarzula]

The large ovular slot is the start point. Obvious once you look at one. If only someone made a video where you could see it perhaps?

[@G6JPG]

@@mattmarzula Thanks for that; now you mention it, I can see the oval slot in this clip. And presumably that's what stops the player at the end, too. (I see in this clip the operator held the lever until that slot was out of the way at the start, which presumably has to be done so it doesn't stop immediately.)

[@borntoclimb7116]

Me to

[@IvanSN]

@@mattmarzula Are you purposefully being nasty or am I misreading here

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

most have a massive arrow printed on the aluminum that points where to start it.

[@1995ToyotaCresta]

Wilhelm II: Good night, German Empire. German Empire: When will I wake up? Wilhelm II: Soon... very soon.

[@conflicted5575]

😔

[@johnsoran3874]

Who doesn't love to hear a beautiful music box playing. I love it. Watching you from the Southern Tier of the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York USA 🇺🇸

[@Raibig]

music box is so wonderful

[@BluestormsSong]

It's like a combo between a record player and a wind-up music box. I didn't know this a thing! Fascinating!

[@queenieqt2033]

German engineering was on another level

[@__seeker__]

This soothes my nineteenth century soul.

[@kimsherlock8969]

This was very interesting and informative I was surprised that the original sewing machines....pedalled Were in the same structural framework of Cabinet. Inspired.

[@wolkenstern1375]

Ich liebe diese 💕

[@schernein1871]

Ich auch.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@Wolken Stern ... und jetzt, Wir konnen alle "ruhig sein". 😌

[@RealSnuuy]

When the candle goes out while you are in the trench and Kaiser Friedrich Faßbär shows up.

[@AuthenticKale]

that sounded beautiful

[@kokonana4086]

Love the quality of the sound of this music box. Incredible!

[@035gogmofo6]

really appreciate that the owner of this box still use it instead putting it in a glass box letting it collecting dust.

[@leungcharingt]

Wonderful! Thank you for showing. It makes me imagine how people live in the 19th century.

[@Boeing.aviation63]

Nice song when lights go out 😊😊

[@marycavender7136]

Lovely ! This is so relaxing as it is divine!🇩🇪🎼🎵🎶🌹🤗❤️‼️

[@boyinblue.]

I can not tell you the absolute joy I get from properly functioning historical items, I couldn't wait for you to start the music.

[@American-Orthodox-Christian]

As someone who loves military music and history, this is really cool

[@OfficialUKGov]

No step on snek

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

What a beautiful thing to have! The sound is lovely!

[@gypsypath1]

What beautiful sound! I was amazed at how _rich_ the tones were! I had expected the sound to be much tinnier. 🥰

[@pppantz]

Thank you for sharing this precious treasure.

[@marklamoreaux6932]

Did you hear about the mighty munch of (18)71' when Moltke bit Napoleon III. Truly an astounding event. I hear this whenever the lamps go out at Wilhelm's. I am staying there for five nights.

[@eduardooliver6146]

Que aparelho incrivel e mais incrivel é ser tão antigo e de precisão! Seus inventores realmente eram muito criativos!!

[@MistressGlowWorm]

Beautiful music box! What a treasure ❤️

[@Punipunpi_panda]

Music boxes have such a cute nostalgic sound

[@justin8894]

If you think about it, this is digital. Each hole represents either a one or zero either a note is played or it isn’t there is no in between therefore with the rightcom and the correct spacing of each hole the music will be reproduced perfectly with no generational loss.

[@ronch550]

It's crazy how much man has progressed in just the last ±100 years alone.

[@vickieevenson9309]

What a wonderful item to own!!

[@TheGuerrero612]

Oh! Wow! That was a really pleasant song.

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

Five Nachts at Friedrich's

[@theretrodragonyope]

That is honestly epic, a music box that can play music box records.

[@Heightsomethinghuman]

Beautiful enchanting sound

[@QuadDerrick]

who even needs vinyl,,,, this is beautiful =) im impressed as if it was a easter miracle,, and this is 200 years later after its creation.

[@StrudelerOfTheTSociety]

When your duty of watching the Rhine carries late into the night.

[@shadowhunter2846]

Atemberaubend schön!

[@dernochjungenoergler]

Wonderful! Thanks a lot for posting such an interesting content!

[@jamesdakrn]

So Yale’s alma mater used the melody to Die Wacht am Rhein - called “Bright College Years” They’d play this in graduation, etc. but also there’s a huge carrillon in a big watchtower, and they’d play it quite often and you can hear it. Listening to his music box instantly brought me back to a hung over Sunday morning in New Haven

[@bohuslav5019]

Oh thank you, these are gorgeous.

[@Fideli-imperatori]

good and old deutschland song.

[@talkingben2680]

"good and old deutschland song" Mann, Mann, Mann.. hoping you have something else in german than anything from the war.

[@larrygraysmith8411]

@@talkingben2680 this song is about protecting the Fatherland. What's bad on that? Fest steht und treu die Wacht, die Wacht am Rhein!

[@davidbwa]

I've seen a couple in person some years back. Still think they are cool. Much more robust / intricate sound to them than most music boxes you see these days.

[@tubbers20]

Sounds lovely. Jack Benny used to write music on these discs by pinning one to the wall and shooting it with a shotgun.

[@chu-tanimation2376]

"Was that the Reich of '14?"

[@ronch550]

Things like this make you appreciate what we have now. Even stuff from the 80's look super advanced.

[@DyLimbo]

The sound is magical 🤌

[@kairon156]

So cool. I always enjoyed music boxes but I've never seen one that could play such a wide range of notes before.

[@oliveryt7168]

What a wonderful machine...

[@misspad7282]

That is a lovely sound.

[@johnpatrickcryan6182]

Shred it the fu@# up Monica, YEAH!!!!!

[@parissentiandco.4637]

I love this song, it's My favourite

[@maryhairy1]

How ingenious & beautiful music

[@bkatz0218]

Literally just saw one of these for the first time on Saturday at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Cool gadget.

[@ゆーちゅーぶ-q8k]

Oh it's so nostalgic!!

[@abimorelikeapee]

imagine hearing this as a kid in the 1800s

[@damiantorko]

WONDERFUL ❣️‼️ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@EXPOSING_UNREALITY]

imagine living in the 1800s coming out to your village showing off with one of these

[@Maouzera]

imagine if he lived in a house with a ghost and this starts playing, i'd move out ig

[@blumoon4652]

I just saw a whole horror movie/horror game just listening to this video-

[@Creature665]

"You collect vintage vinyl? That's cute."

[@runner0075]

I feel like an old English lady taking a cup of tea in a cozy small cottage in winter late evening during a soft snow storm.

[@brenki]

Marvelous! ❤

[@robertnortan87]

Enchanteur 🤩

[@PercivalBlakeney]

Now all you need is Humphrey Bogart to start another one, at the other end of the room, playing "La Marseillaise". 😉

[@xenotiic8356]

Very pretty! And for once, an antique recording medium that doesn't sound eerie!

[@Nosirrbro]

It’s a little eerie

[@OfficialUKGov]

1:12 this is when it starts, exactly halfway through the video

[@jtwanda456]

fest steht und treu die wacht die wacht am rhein!

[@ilhamm1915]

Never seen one of these. Very interesting mix of old school technology

[@UnitSe7en]

I came here to see Monica's regina and all I got was an old music box.

[@sonidosdemedianoche994]

Ah!!!! Que hermoso!!!! Yo quiero una!!!

[@samsam2235]

"If you don't go to bed kids, I'll play another of these metal discs."

[@som3dudeo412]

The breathing in the beginning is great 👍👍

[@coolaunt516]

I remember hearing this sunf in a scene from the movie "Casablanca".

[@romanempireconscript7691]

The kaisers bedtime lullaby

[@exquisitegentelman6690]

umm why do i see glowing eyes guys?

[@equusheart3344]

Oh how wonderful

[@Miguel-wc8hu]

Es una belleza artística, musical e histórica; gracias por compartir.

[@tomboywarrior3229]

It's so magical

[@dennissalinas704]

Damn this bumped hard back in my days 🥳

[@teutonicorder3905]

Danke für die Musik

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

How did this pop out when I searched for "DDLC musicbox"?

[@Charon-5582]

That was lovely, thank you.

[@alanduncan1980]

I'm ascared of that thing. 😭

[@sinan.1946]

this made me cry

[@enderslime2090]

Imagine randomly hearing that at night

[@merryhunt9153]

Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to hear.

[@Lisa-qt4hh]

Very beautiful!! For some reason though, I feel like I am in a Resident Evil game..

[@samspade975]

Love the volume control 😂

[@meoloveyou1196]

Blessings

[@Unherd_Of]

Its quiet pleasant 😌

[@Deleted11100]

What era would this be from? Looks at least late 1800’s. So fascinating.

[@dartheggwuh1688]

This song is a banger

[@tadeoflucht4057]

Simplemente hermoso.