A rare grand format musical box by Nicole Frres,

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A rare grand format musical box by Nicole Frres,
No. 34734, playing eight airs (two variable length per turn), in plain walnut case with blue tune-sheet (numbered 34934) -- 28in. (71cm.) wide, the cylinder 16 x 4in. (42 x 10cm.) diam

Lot Essay

This arrangement is a compromise between the truly variable-length tune arrangement and the restricted length of normal two-per-revolution tunes. Even so, La ci darem is played at a pace which may account for the number of Don Giovanni's conquests by their speed.

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