4th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools

 
  Lot 63
 

63

A Good Forte-Piano Musical Box, By Nicole Frerés, Circa 1864, Ser. No. 40301, Gamme No. 2097,...

A Good Forte-Piano Musical Box, By Nicole Frer�s, Circa 1864, Ser. No. 40301, Gamme No. 2097, playing eight traditional and operatic airs, single spring motor, two-part comb with brass comb washers, on plain brass bedplate, inset brass control board, tunesheet, in red stained interior, in grained case with the veneered lid inlaid with geometric fruitwood Rococo floral scrolls and musical instrument ensemble centre with noir ground, finished with quadruple stringing - 26.1/2" wide, the cylinder 17.1/2"..


Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £600 - £900


 

The last digit of the serial number was incorrectly written as a 2, with the 1 written over the top in the same hand. An easy mistake to make when several tunesheets to the same Gamme but different serial numbers have to be prepared. Tips & teeth complete, in working order

 


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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools, 4th Oct, 2019

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