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Auction archive: Lot number 18W

A rare Mills coin-operated Violano-Virtuoso,

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£13,200
ca. US$20,233
Auction archive: Lot number 18W

A rare Mills coin-operated Violano-Virtuoso,

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£13,200
ca. US$20,233
Beschreibung:

circa 1927, No. 3876, with single violin accompanying 44-note metal frame piano, lead-shot filled string counter-weights, finger bar box with full patent date chart, friction wheels with rosin captive clamp above, G, D, E and A tuning push-buttons to front, the roll chamber below with original run, stop and re-roll switch controlling slave motor, period drive motor in-situ below and temporary 240-115v transformer and frequency diode box, rosin drawer under intermediate shelf, in dark-toned mahogany cabinet with hinged 'swell' flap to top, double adverse-hinged bevelled glazed doors on the violin compartment above roll doors, flanked by plain rectangular columns, finished with carved scrolls, with ten period rolls, boxed, and the soft-back book entitled The Mills Violano-Virtuoso, by M. Kitner and A. Reblitz, Vestal Press, 1984 - 64in. (163cm) high, 43in. (110cm) wide, the depth 31in. (79cm)

Auction archive: Lot number 18W
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2010
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

circa 1927, No. 3876, with single violin accompanying 44-note metal frame piano, lead-shot filled string counter-weights, finger bar box with full patent date chart, friction wheels with rosin captive clamp above, G, D, E and A tuning push-buttons to front, the roll chamber below with original run, stop and re-roll switch controlling slave motor, period drive motor in-situ below and temporary 240-115v transformer and frequency diode box, rosin drawer under intermediate shelf, in dark-toned mahogany cabinet with hinged 'swell' flap to top, double adverse-hinged bevelled glazed doors on the violin compartment above roll doors, flanked by plain rectangular columns, finished with carved scrolls, with ten period rolls, boxed, and the soft-back book entitled The Mills Violano-Virtuoso, by M. Kitner and A. Reblitz, Vestal Press, 1984 - 64in. (163cm) high, 43in. (110cm) wide, the depth 31in. (79cm)

Auction archive: Lot number 18W
Auction:
Datum:
21 Apr 2010
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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