A Scandinavian longcase organ clock

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A Scandinavian longcase organ clock
with thirty-one key weight-driven barrel movement in brass frame, playing six operatic airs (including William Tell, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana and The Gondoliers) on thirty-one stopped flute pipes, the two-train clock movement striking on a bell and tripping the organ shortly before 12 o'clock, in cream-painted case with circular hood, adorned with swags, floral and musical trophies and other motifs in polychrome and gilt composition -- 102in. (260cm.) high, with pendulum and three weights

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Lot Essay

Although the programme indicates a date of no later than 1890 (when Cavalleria was first performed), the case and movement appear to date from the first half of the 19th century. The barrel must in that case have been repinned, probably for a British client in view of the Gondoliers extract. The organ can also be started manually.

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