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Nicole 3-Overture Box
By Brian Chesters

Hi all, I have just returned from the auction with my box.

Its a Key wind Nicole with 23 X 7 cm cylinder. Comb is perfect, dampers 
are awful (poss. non existent) matching case and movement numbers, Serial
24033 Gamme # 738.  I called K. Harding (Music box restorations in the UK)
who tells me the three overtures are Robt. le Diable, Freishutz and Barber 
of Seville. (Excuse spelling.)  It's never been messed with and it sounds 
full of promise.  I have asked K. H. to do the dampers and regulate it for 
me.  I think it will be worth doing that and It will sound a different box 
then.  This will be in a few weeks time though.  I am very excited about 
this one as I have never had a three overture box before, only two four 
overtures.

The other box with the three mandarins playing six bells on a 17 inch
cylinder was not in very good condition and it went for about =L=2200 with
buyers premium etc. So I didn't buy that one. I didn't like the mandolin 
box either. Once I had listened to the three overtures, nothing else took 
my fancy.

Brian Chesters -- Isle of Man
http://www.litter-boss.co.uk/antique


(Message sent Wed 30 Apr 1997, 01:53:24 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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