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

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  • Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2021
  • My wife has a Regina Music Box from the late 1800s that plays perforated metal music disks. This one is “Die Wacht am Rhein”.

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  • @gsilva220
    @gsilva220 2 года назад +4257

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

    • @HannekeDebie
      @HannekeDebie 2 года назад +318

      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
      @superbroadcaster Год назад +75

      @@HannekeDebie Come full circle

    • @maccabanana1373
      @maccabanana1373 Год назад +50

      @@superbroadcaster like a music box disk

    • @Coco-hq6ns
      @Coco-hq6ns Год назад +7

      @@maccabanana1373 haha square

    • @KangJangkrik
      @KangJangkrik Год назад +3

      Recursively circular

  • @alifr4088
    @alifr4088 2 года назад +4249

    Five Night's at Wilhelm's

  • @jase123111
    @jase123111 2 года назад +2463

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

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 2 года назад +1008

    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
      @rabbiezekielgoldberg2497 Год назад

      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
      @GameMaker3_5 Год назад +26

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

    • @williamweigt7632
      @williamweigt7632 Год назад +3

      For the Germans…it can be both. 😂

    • @darknesskingsized8996
      @darknesskingsized8996 Год назад +4

      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
      @mrs.g.9816 Год назад +2

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

  • @deborahdanhauer8525
    @deborahdanhauer8525 2 года назад +313

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

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi Год назад +2

      Probably thought it was the devil

    • @weegie3343
      @weegie3343 Год назад

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

    • @JoinThe_BingvinArmy
      @JoinThe_BingvinArmy Год назад +6

      “O Scheiße Heinrich was ist das Zauberei”

    • @autisticsh1t
      @autisticsh1t Год назад

      @@JoinThe_BingvinArmy HAHAHAHA

  • @mwj5368
    @mwj5368 2 года назад +206

    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!!

  • @MrAnonymousme10
    @MrAnonymousme10 2 года назад +56

    DJs 150 years back then

  • @1995ToyotaCresta
    @1995ToyotaCresta 2 года назад +146

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

  • @BluestormsSong
    @BluestormsSong 2 года назад +82

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

    • @queenieqt2033
      @queenieqt2033 Год назад

      German engineering was on another level

  • @G6JPG
    @G6JPG 2 года назад +545

    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
      @mattmarzula 2 года назад +19

      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
      @G6JPG 2 года назад +17

      @@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
      @borntoclimb7116 2 года назад

      Me to

    • @IvanSN
      @IvanSN 2 года назад +8

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

    • @FingerinUrDaughter
      @FingerinUrDaughter Год назад

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

  • @Wolfganger
    @Wolfganger 6 месяцев назад +8

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

  • @bobbybologna3029
    @bobbybologna3029 Год назад +12

    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
      @ronch550 Год назад +1

      So true. People today take things for granted.

  • @__seeker__
    @__seeker__ 2 года назад +50

    This soothes my nineteenth century soul.

  • @kimsherlock8969
    @kimsherlock8969 2 года назад +122

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

  • @Raibig
    @Raibig 2 года назад +49

    music box is so wonderful

  • @caitlincunningham8354
    @caitlincunningham8354 2 года назад +72

    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!

  • @johnsoran3874
    @johnsoran3874 Год назад +5

    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 🇺🇸

  • @RealSnuuy
    @RealSnuuy 2 года назад +6

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

  • @Onboard747
    @Onboard747 4 месяца назад +4

    Nice song when lights go out 😊😊

  • @wolkenstern1375
    @wolkenstern1375 2 года назад +61

    Ich liebe diese 💕

  • @FriedCuttlefish
    @FriedCuttlefish 2 года назад +89

    that sounded beautiful

  • @kokonana4086
    @kokonana4086 Год назад +12

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

  • @American-Orthodox-Christian
    @American-Orthodox-Christian Год назад +23

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

  • @leungcharingt
    @leungcharingt Год назад +3

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

  • @John_Smith_Dumfugg
    @John_Smith_Dumfugg 2 года назад +7

    Five Nachts at Friedrich's

  • @Punipunpi_panda
    @Punipunpi_panda Год назад +1

    Music boxes have such a cute nostalgic sound

  • @YouGotsTheRabies
    @YouGotsTheRabies Год назад +2

    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.

  • @marycavender7136
    @marycavender7136 2 года назад +15

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

  • @StrudelerOfTheTSociety
    @StrudelerOfTheTSociety Год назад +2

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

  • @QuadDerrick
    @QuadDerrick 2 месяца назад

    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.

  • @035gogmofo6
    @035gogmofo6 Год назад

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

  • @vickieevenson9309
    @vickieevenson9309 11 месяцев назад +1

    What a wonderful item to own!!

  • @justin8894
    @justin8894 3 месяца назад +1

    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.
    @boyinblue. Год назад +2

    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.

  • @pppantz
    @pppantz 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this precious treasure.

  • @Dirty_Squirrell
    @Dirty_Squirrell Год назад +1

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

  • @MistressGlowWorm
    @MistressGlowWorm Год назад +2

    Beautiful music box! What a treasure ❤️

  • @gypsypath1
    @gypsypath1 Год назад +2

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

  • @ronch550
    @ronch550 Год назад +1

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

  • @eduardooliver6146
    @eduardooliver6146 Год назад +6

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

  • @Mistserpent
    @Mistserpent Год назад

    Thank you for the beautiful music.

  • @Fideli-imperatori
    @Fideli-imperatori 2 года назад +17

    good and old deutschland song.

    • @talkingben2680
      @talkingben2680 2 года назад +2

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

    • @larrygraysmith8411
      @larrygraysmith8411 2 года назад +2

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

  • @jamesdakrn
    @jamesdakrn 2 года назад +2

    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

  • @shadowhunter2846
    @shadowhunter2846 2 года назад +7

    Atemberaubend schön!

  • @user-ph6yh4hs9z
    @user-ph6yh4hs9z 7 месяцев назад

    Beautiful enchanting sound

  • @oliveryt7168
    @oliveryt7168 2 года назад +3

    What a wonderful machine...

  • @jtwanda456
    @jtwanda456 2 года назад +1

    fest steht und treu die wacht die wacht am rhein!

  • @tubbers20
    @tubbers20 Год назад +1

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

  • @DyLimbo
    @DyLimbo Год назад +1

    The sound is magical 🤌

  • @theretrodragonyope
    @theretrodragonyope Год назад +1

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

  • @johnpatrickcryan6182
    @johnpatrickcryan6182 2 года назад +15

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

  • @maryhairy1
    @maryhairy1 Год назад

    How ingenious & beautiful music

  • @marklamoreaux6932
    @marklamoreaux6932 15 дней назад

    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.

  • @romanempireconscript7691
    @romanempireconscript7691 Год назад +2

    The kaisers bedtime lullaby

  • @blumoon4652
    @blumoon4652 Год назад

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

  • @misspad7282
    @misspad7282 Год назад

    That is a lovely sound.

  • @brenki
    @brenki 2 года назад +6

    Marvelous! ❤

  • @abimorelikeapee
    @abimorelikeapee Год назад +2

    imagine hearing this as a kid in the 1800s

  • @bohuslav5019
    @bohuslav5019 Год назад

    Oh thank you, these are gorgeous.

  • @damiantorko
    @damiantorko 2 года назад +2

    WONDERFUL ❣️‼️ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @Creature665
    @Creature665 Год назад +2

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

  • @runner0075
    @runner0075 3 месяца назад

    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.

  • @tomboywarrior3229
    @tomboywarrior3229 Год назад

    It's so magical

  • @TheGuerrero612
    @TheGuerrero612 Год назад

    Oh! Wow! That was a really pleasant song.

  • @zander8752
    @zander8752 Год назад

    Beautiful

  • @ronch550
    @ronch550 Год назад

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

  • @sonidosdemedianoche994
    @sonidosdemedianoche994 Год назад +1

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

  • @Maouzera
    @Maouzera Год назад +1

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

  • @Charon-5582
    @Charon-5582 2 года назад

    That was lovely, thank you.

  • @mariuszamfirescu5390
    @mariuszamfirescu5390 3 месяца назад

    Wunderbar !

  • @dernochjungenoergler
    @dernochjungenoergler 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @robertnortan87
    @robertnortan87 Год назад +1

    Enchanteur 🤩

  • @meoloveyou1196
    @meoloveyou1196 Год назад +1

    Blessings

  • @parissentiandco.4637
    @parissentiandco.4637 Год назад

    I love this song, it's My favourite

  • @KSmightymouse
    @KSmightymouse Год назад

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

  • @davidbwa
    @davidbwa Год назад +1

    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.

  • @equusheart3344
    @equusheart3344 Год назад

    Oh how wonderful

  • @kairon156
    @kairon156 Год назад +1

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

  • @merryhunt9153
    @merryhunt9153 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to hear.

  • @xenotiic8356
    @xenotiic8356 Год назад +18

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

    • @Nosirrbro
      @Nosirrbro Год назад +2

      It’s a little eerie

  • @tadeoflucht4057
    @tadeoflucht4057 Год назад +1

    Simplemente hermoso.

  • @teutonicorder3905
    @teutonicorder3905 Год назад

    Danke für die Musik

  • @coolaunt516
    @coolaunt516 2 года назад +1

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

  • @bkatz0218
    @bkatz0218 2 года назад

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

  • @sinan.1946
    @sinan.1946 2 года назад

    this made me cry

  • @UnitSe7en
    @UnitSe7en 2 года назад +2

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

  • @sailingstpommedeterre4905
    @sailingstpommedeterre4905 Год назад

    Awesome!!!

  • @PercivalBlakeney
    @PercivalBlakeney Год назад +1

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

  • @dennissalinas704
    @dennissalinas704 Год назад

    Damn this bumped hard back in my days 🥳

  • @samspade975
    @samspade975 2 месяца назад

    Love the volume control 😂

  • @samsam2235
    @samsam2235 2 года назад +2

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

  • @boxedcaketobaking
    @boxedcaketobaking Год назад

    Amazing

  • @ilhamm1915
    @ilhamm1915 2 года назад +2

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

  • @lunarcorpse
    @lunarcorpse 2 года назад

    I love music boxes.

  • @dartheggwuh1688
    @dartheggwuh1688 2 года назад

    This song is a banger

  • @Savetheworldfirebidennow
    @Savetheworldfirebidennow 2 года назад

    Thank you for this

  • @brianphage
    @brianphage Год назад

    Fabulous

  • @enderslime2090
    @enderslime2090 Год назад

    Imagine randomly hearing that at night

  • @AndreinaRei
    @AndreinaRei Год назад

    Beautiful 😍

  • @alanduncan1980
    @alanduncan1980 Год назад +1

    I'm ascared of that thing. 😭