Lot Essay
The hand-written tune-sheet, an early replacement, is headed Musique de Nicole, Freres, a Geneve. Track Five is 'Home Sweet Home (with bells)' - the bells reflected in the pronounced piccolo pinning on this tune. The first part of the serial number was probably a factory error (1475 being blanked on either side with an O) as the second number 14747 appears stamped once on the bedplate and twice on the underside of the case.
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