DESCRIPTION:
American mechanical organettes- 2 (Two): (1) "The Mechanical Cabinetto", plays large 14 inch wide paper rolls, in a walnut case with gold stenciling; (2) " The Musette", and made by the Mechanical Organette Co., of Newark, NJ, this unit playing small paper rolls that are 3 1/2 inches wide with narrow perforations.
CONDITION:
sold "as is". Both of these are in need of attention for the bellows. They try to play but do not quite succeed. The smaller unit comes with 9 rolls, some with tears, but most complete, and the original instruction label is intact inside the lower hinged door. "The Cabinetto" has approximately 10 additional rolls and the exterior finish has crazing and some losses.
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$150
CIRCA: 1890
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