Lot Essay
Longman & Broderip are listed at the Cheapside address from 1776 and at Hay Market from 1783, until Muzio Clementi took over the company about 1798.
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Details
A chamber barrel organ by Longman & Broderip,
with 24-key action, five stops at side, four metal and one wood rank, maker's instruction label on storage door and on back of case, each barrel with Longman & Broderip, 26 Cheapside and 13 Hay Market label, in mahogany case with oval false pipe aperture with blue and gilt carved 'curtains', flanking false pipe clusters and swan neck pediment, on crossbanded and astragal-moulded plinth base containing the spare barrels -- 67in. (170cm.) high, the barrels 24in. (61cm.) (lacking two small metal pipes and finials to pipe-cluster columns)
with 24-key action, five stops at side, four metal and one wood rank, maker's instruction label on storage door and on back of case, each barrel with Longman & Broderip, 26 Cheapside and 13 Hay Market label, in mahogany case with oval false pipe aperture with blue and gilt carved 'curtains', flanking false pipe clusters and swan neck pediment, on crossbanded and astragal-moulded plinth base containing the spare barrels -- 67in. (170cm.) high, the barrels 24in. (61cm.) (lacking two small metal pipes and finials to pipe-cluster columns)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
This lot is subject to Collection and Storage Charges.
Further details
See Colour Plate 2