North American Auction Company
Live Auction

Old West & Firearms New Years Sale

Sat, Jan 12, 2019 12:00PM EST
Lot 94

Late 19th Century Tabletop Tournaphone Organette

Estimate: $500 - $1,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
Featured in this lot we have a tabletop Tournaphone organette from the late 1800's. The tournaphone shows a beautiful black walnut case with faded gold stenciling. The piece features glass top expression panel, reed puller, hand crank bellows, and shows both lid labels in good condition. The tournaphone come with five rolls of paper music and is in good working order. The labels on the inside of the lid are manufacturers label and a directions for use tag. The manufacturer label reads "The Tournaphone - Patented (7 sets of dates from 1877 to 1888) - Tournaphone Music Company - Manufactory and CGeneral Office - No. 15211 - Worcester, Mass.". The piece is in good working order and shows some slight wear indicative of age. The piece measures 20 1/2" wide by 13 1/2" long by 11 1/2" tall.

Condition

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