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Sale 188 - Musical Instruments

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41 Hammer Price was $70.00 A LO DUCA BROS. ACCORDIAN~ with petit control, made in Italy, with carrying case. Opening bid: $25.
456 VIOLIN BOW~, marked "Germany", having mother o'pearl inlaid frog. Opening bid: $5.
457 VIOLIN BOW~, ebony frog inlaid with Mother O' Pearl, silver wire wrapped above the leather wrap, approximately one half of the horse hair is missing. Opening bid: $5.
458 VIOLIN BOW~, signed "Bausch" and "Germany", with no hair, mother o'pearl inlaid frog. Opening bid: $10.
459 Hammer Price was $150.00 A CARLO ANTONIO TESTORE VIOLIN~, son of Carlo Guisseppi Testore, (attributed to), fitted with three strings, bridge, ebony fluted tail piece, checkered chin rest, fingerboard and pegs, lower bout 8 1/16", upper bout 6 11/16", length 14 3/8", length overall 23 5/8", legend attached reverse: "Carlo Antonio Testore" (possibly), has top crack in need of repair, tone is mellow, neck graft, one piece back (quarter cut), two interior paper labels: (a) "Gefertig von Wunderlich Markneukirchen", (b) "Santo(?) Seraphin Fecit 1759". Opening bid: $150.
461 VIOLIN~, made by John Bapt Schwertzer in Germany in 1818, regraded by Joseph Collingwood & Son Violin Importer's, length 14 ¼", upper bouts 6 ½", lower bouts 8", together with bow, made by: "Paul Ecudon", together with carrying case. Note: J.B. Schwertzer born 179_, died 1865 in Rexth. Opening bid: $300.
462 VIOLIN~, made by David Hopf, (signed in back), length 14", upper bouts 6 3/8", lower bouts 7 7/8", together with carrying case. Opening bid: $200.
463 VIOLIN~, made by Guisippi Carlo, Milano, anno 1763, length 14", upper bouts 6 ½", lower bouts 8", together with bow, maker: Tubbs, also carrying case. Opening bid: $1500.
466 Hammer Price was $115.00 AN EARLY 18TH C. LUTE~ (probably Italian), fitted for 16 strings, inlaid with bone (or ivory), length 72", has 2 pairs of brand marks (unascribed), the legend accompaning the lute ascribes it to 1711. Condition: the finger board which has numerous pieces of bone/ivory missing. Opening bid: $25.
467 Hammer Price was $50.00 A CHINESE GUITAR~ (with 3 of 4 strings), circa 19th C. Opening bid: $50.
1037 LOWRY MX2 ELECTRIC ORGAN~ with bench, sold by Pickle Piano Co., Bloomingdale IL, having 2 Listen and Play Series music disks, each capable of 6 all-time favorites, made in La Grange, IL. Opening bid: $300
1294 Hammer Price was $15.00 AN EARLY 19TH c. PICCOLO~, (three sections), with reginal use, maker: Cowland, Liverpool, together with case. Condition: had originally four ivory ringed mounts (3 are missing). Opening bid: $5.
1295 Hammer Price was $55.00 A FLUTE~ made by Fult, Wall & Bond, New York, circa early 19th C. Condition: one segment is loose. Opening bid: $25.
1296 Hammer Price was $35.00 A MOECK "BLOCKFLUTE"~ purchased at Dorothecum (in Vienna) with original invoice, brochures and carrying case. Opening bid: $20.
1319 Hammer Price was $200.00 ROSEWOOD MELODEON~, maker: Kinard Dreher & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, circa mid 19th C. Opening bid: $200.
1467 Hammer Price was $125.00 ROSEWOOD MELODEON~, with 36 ivory keys, American circa mid 19th C. 30"x36 ½"x18". Opening bid: $100.
1520 MAHOGANY CASED UPRIGHT PLAYER PIANO~, by Schubert Piano Co. of New York, #3360, together with over 200 piano rolls, together with original invoice dated Dec 5, 1914, purchased from F-Leslie Clarke Co., Milwaukee, WI and all the correspondence that came with the piano, 53 ½"x63"x37 ¾". Condition: player mechaniam in need of some repair. Opening bid: $500.

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