Lot Essay
Said to have been used on Lord Crave's 1902 Daimler, although this would have been a very outmoded car by the time the horn was manufactured.
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A Testophone musical car horn,
1911 model, with four trumpets and seven interchangeable revolving perforated cylindrical valves, marked Le Testophone ... Systme Etienne Teste ...1643, with various patent dates to 1909 -- 22in. (57cm.) long (lacking rubber bulb), with instruction sheet showing the tunes on each cylinder; and two leather motoring jackets (3)
1911 model, with four trumpets and seven interchangeable revolving perforated cylindrical valves, marked Le Testophone ... Systme Etienne Teste ...1643, with various patent dates to 1909 -- 22in. (57cm.) long (lacking rubber bulb), with instruction sheet showing the tunes on each cylinder; and two leather motoring jackets (3)
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This Lot additionally includes two leather motoring jackets