Instrument Collection

 

Description

The Regina Hexaphone was manufactured in Rahway, NJ by the Regina Company in 1908. The Hexaphone became the most successful of the cylinder coin-operated phonographs. While the Edison and Columbia predecessors only permitted a single selection, the Regina Hexaphone contained a carousel of six separate mandrels and permitted the patron to increase the number of musical choices. There were 3200 made from 1900 to 1922. This machine plays 4-minute cylinders, and the original coin slot on this machine is Circa 1919, is a 5 cent for one cylinder. To play, insert nickel, make selection from one of six tunes, turn crank until it stops. A Regina Hexaphone is on display in the Smithsonian.

Notes

Circa 1908

Date

1908

Repository

Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum

Status

On Display

Instrument Number

52

Digital ID#

250

Document Type

Image

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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Keywords

instrument, player, gramophone

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