"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
- Description
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This music box disc was made by Lloyd G. Kelley, successor to the Regina Music Box Company, in Hanover, Massachusetts, 1950s. It is Regina Disc #3031 – “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” This disc is playable in a Regina Disc Music Box that can accommodate a 15-1/2” diameter disc.
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This disc features the following patents:
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U. S. Patent #417649, dated December 17, 1889, by Oskar Paul Lochmann for a music plate for mechanical instruments.
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U. S. Patent #500374, dated June 27, 1893, by Gustav A. Brachhausen and Paul Riessner for a note-plate for music boxes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- disc
- date made
- 1950s
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Hanover
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/16 in x 15 1/2 in;.15875 cm x 39.37 cm
- ID Number
- MI.73.01.18.12
- catalog number
- 73.01.18.12
- accession number
- 301414
- maker number
- 3031
- patent number
- 500374
- 417649
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. B. Nethercutt
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Mechanical Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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