Bible Encyclopedias
Regals

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(perhaps from rigabello, an instrument used prior to the organ in the churches of Italy), a small portable finger-organ in use in the 16th and 17th centuries, and perhaps earlier. Many representations exist of this instrument, including one sculptured on Melrose Abbey. The tubes rested on the air-chest, which was filled by the bellows; and the bellows were managed with one hand, and the keys with the other.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Regals'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/regals.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.