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

My wife has a Regina Music Box from the late 1800s that plays perforated metal music disks. This one is “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

[@alifr4088]

Five Night's at Wilhelm's

[@kamerad_marzuki3631]

Wilhelm Afton

[@Brandon-73109]

Funf nacht auf Feddy hause

[@luigiroblox8182]

Lol

[@aidandookie5720]

five night at freadery fazbeard the 3rd

[@cursedpikachu7644]

@X_namdangchillX_9056Polska r u sure?

[@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

[@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

[@JoinThe_BingvinArmy]

“O Scheiße Heinrich was ist das Zauberei”

[@autisticsh1t]

@@JoinThe_BingvinArmy HAHAHAHA

[@MrAnonymousme10]

DJs 150 years back then

[@1995ToyotaCresta]

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

[@conflicted5575]

😔

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@bobbybologna3029]

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.

[@FriedCuttlefish]

that sounded beautiful

[@__seeker__]

This soothes my nineteenth century soul.

[@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!

[@RealSnuuy]

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

[@Onboard747]

Nice song when lights go out 😊😊

[@wolkenstern1375]

Ich liebe diese 💕

[@schernein1871]

Ich auch.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

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

[@Raibig]

music box is so wonderful

[@American-Orthodox-Christian]

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

[@JoinThe_BingvinArmy]

No step on snek

[@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 🇺🇸

[@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.

[@035gogmofo6]

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

[@marycavender7136]

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

[@YouGotsTheRabies]

If it's anything like a Victrola, that clunk sound at 1:28 means the spring motor needs to be cleaned out and have fresh grease applied.

[@durbeckvonwyman3557]

Thanks YGTR, will definitely need to check that out.

[@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!

[@leungcharingt]

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

[@kokonana4086]

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

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

Five Nachts at Friedrich's

[@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.

[@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.

[@Punipunpi_panda]

Music boxes have such a cute nostalgic sound

[@vickieevenson9309]

What a wonderful item to own!!

[@pppantz]

Thank you for sharing this precious treasure.

[@ronch550]

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

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

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

[@MistressGlowWorm]

Beautiful music box! What a treasure ❤️

[@jtwanda456]

fest steht und treu die wacht die wacht am rhein!

[@tubbers20]

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

[@eduardooliver6146]

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

[@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

[@Mistserpent]

Thank you for the beautiful music.

[@user-ph6yh4hs9z]

Beautiful enchanting sound

[@DyLimbo]

The sound is magical 🤌

[@johnpatrickcryan6182]

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

[@gypsypath1]

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

[@maryhairy1]

How ingenious & beautiful music

[@oliveryt7168]

What a wonderful machine...

[@shadowhunter2846]

Atemberaubend schön!

[@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.

[@damiantorko]

WONDERFUL ❣️‼️ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@misspad7282]

That is a lovely sound.

[@brenki]

Marvelous! ❤

[@TheGuerrero612]

Oh! Wow! That was a really pleasant song.

[@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.

[@dernochjungenoergler]

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

[@parissentiandco.4637]

I love this song, it's My favourite

[@bohuslav5019]

Oh thank you, these are gorgeous.

[@tomboywarrior3229]

It's so magical

[@tadeoflucht4057]

Simplemente hermoso.

[@Creature665]

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

[@theretrodragonyope]

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

[@zander8752]

Beautiful

[@blumoon4652]

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

[@equusheart3344]

Oh how wonderful

[@sonidosdemedianoche994]

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

[@abimorelikeapee]

imagine hearing this as a kid in the 1800s

[@merryhunt9153]

Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to hear.

[@robertnortan87]

Enchanteur 🤩

[@Charon-5582]

That was lovely, thank you.

[@ronch550]

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

[@PercivalBlakeney]

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

[@bkatz0218]

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

[@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.

[@kairon156]

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

[@romanempireconscript7691]

The kaisers bedtime lullaby

[@mariuszamfirescu5390]

Wunderbar !

[@KSmightymouse]

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

[@sailingstpommedeterre4905]

Awesome!!!

[@meoloveyou1196]

Blessings

[@sinan.1946]

this made me cry

[@samspade975]

Love the volume control 😂

[@teutonicorder3905]

Danke für die Musik

[@lunarcorpse]

I love music boxes.

[@dennissalinas704]

Damn this bumped hard back in my days 🥳

[@boxedcaketobaking]

Amazing

[@xenotiic8356]

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

[@Nosirrbro]

It’s a little eerie

[@dartheggwuh1688]

This song is a banger

[@Savetheworldfirebidennow]

Thank you for this

[@ilhamm1915]

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

[@AndreinaRei]

Beautiful 😍

[@coolaunt516]

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

[@mikehibbett3301]

omg. Thank your for sharing!

[@Maouzera]

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

[@brianphage]

Fabulous

[@Unherd_Of]

Its quiet pleasant 😌

[@Helber_3]

Deu até vontade de mimir

[@samsam2235]

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