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FOUR FINGER PIANOS
One of rectangular form with twenty metal keys, a band of interlaced ornament at the centre, metal rattles at the base; another, similar, with twelve keys, carved ornament to the back and a band of elaborate copper wire retaining the key retention bar; another of hollowed rectangular form with twenty-one keys, bands of bottle caps and shells attached to a metal panel below; the last of slightly curved and waisted form with twenty-one metal keys above panel of carved geometric ornament, dark patinas
20cm. to 32cm. long (4)
One of rectangular form with twenty metal keys, a band of interlaced ornament at the centre, metal rattles at the base; another, similar, with twelve keys, carved ornament to the back and a band of elaborate copper wire retaining the key retention bar; another of hollowed rectangular form with twenty-one keys, bands of bottle caps and shells attached to a metal panel below; the last of slightly curved and waisted form with twenty-one metal keys above panel of carved geometric ornament, dark patinas
20cm. to 32cm. long (4)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, England, for the first, acquired Stevens, June 6, 1898, lot 267
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