Regal (instrument)

Regal, c. 1600, from Frauenfeld Abbey, Switzerland
Regal made in 1988 after an instrument made c. 1600 in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Early Baroque Casket regal (Polish: pozytyw szkatulny), c. 1640, a specific type of regal from the territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Royal Castle in Warsaw

The musical instrument known as the regal or regalle (from Middle French régale[1]) is a small portable organ, furnished with beating reeds and having two bellows.[2] The instrument enjoyed its greatest popularity during the Renaissance. The name "regal" was also sometimes given to the reed stops of a pipe organ, and more especially to the vox humana stop.