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Regal Musical Instrument Company

The Regal Musical Instrument Company is a former US musical instruments company and current brand owned by Saga Musical Instruments. Regal was one of the largest manufacturers in the 1930s and became known for a wide range of resonator stringed instruments, including guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles. Only resonator guitars are sold under the Regal brand today, with manufacturing in Korea and distribution in San Francisco, United States.[1]

Company type

Private (1896–1954)
Brand (1954–present)

1896 in Indianapolis

Emil Wulschner

1954 (1954)

Company defunct in 1954, brand acquired by Harmony, then owned by other companies

United States

Resonator guitars, mandolins and ukuleles

Saga Musical Instruments (1987–present)

Emil Wulschner & Son (1896–1904)

(1904–1954)

Lyon & Healy

(1954–late 1950s)

Harmony Company

(1950s–?)

Fender

(1987–present)

Saga Musical Instruments

on Saga Music

Regal guitars

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Metal-bodied Regal Dobro, 1940, with historical background