Regal Musical Instrument Company of all fretted instruments in 1954. However, in 1965, Fender distributed five models of banjo under the "Regal" name, as the "exclusive distributors". In 1987 the "Regal" name and trademark reappeared as a brand of Saga Musical Instruments. most notable for their 4-string bass resonator guitars, Regal Musical Instrument Company The Regal Musical Instrument Company was established in 1908 in Chicago. By the 1930s, they were one of the largest manufacturers of musical instruments in the world. Regal specialised in: Regal was heavily involved in the production of resonator fretted instruments from their first development until 1941, manufacturing components and
Musical Instrument Museum (Brussels) instruments are shown in the basement, traditional instruments on the ground floor, the development of the modern orchestral instruments on the first floor, and keyboard and stringed instruments on the second floor. Visitors are given infrared headphones in order to listen to almost 200 musical extracts of the instruments on display. Information is provided in French and Dutch, though not in English. Among the notable pieces of the collection are the famous Rottenburgh Alto recorder, instruments invented by Adolphe Sax, a unique set of giant Chinese stone chimes, and the only existing copy of the luthéal, an instrument used by