$17,625
Fine Key-Wind (Mandoline) Expressive Overture Musical Box by Langdorff, No. 12059, playing six overtures, Gamme No. 54, with mandoline in groups of up to six across three-quarters of the comb, brass comb washers and silvered tune program headed 6 Overtures Expressive Fabrique Langdorff de Geneve , in boxwood-strung rosewood veneered case with hinged endflap, red interior, inlaid front and lid with butterfly motif, wd. 22 in., cylinder 13 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. dia. Note: The diverse program features overtures by Balfe, Donizetti, Rossini and Auber: La Bohemian, Don Pasquale, d'Othello, L'italiane a Alger, De Tancrede and La Cheval de Bronze . There are approximately 125 teeth in the comb, and the overtures are pinned to play for slightly under two minutes. The movement is in good restored condition.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
