Mandoline Musical Box by Samuel Troll Fils

Description:

Mandoline Musical Box by Samuel Troll Fils, No. 3302, playing eight airs including the National Hymn of Russia, with "fat" cylinder, massive single-spring, two combs with mandoline teeth arranged in groups of up to five across two-thirds of the length, stamped on the governor-cock S. Troll Fils, Geneve, in book-matched thuya veneered case with ebonized banding, quarter-veneered lid and tune-sheet inscribed in French and German, with hand-written title Mandoline, wd. 30 in., cylinder 17 x 3 3/8 in.

Note: The tunes are: "Athalie, Marche des Pretes" by Mendelssohn, "Märchen aus Schöner Zeit, Walzer" by C. Faust, "Mandolinata, Souvenirs de Rome" by E. Palhadille, Hymne National de Russe" by Beyer, "Die Wachs am Rhein" by C. Wilhelm, "Les Huguenots, Choral de Luther" by Meyerbeer, and "Tausend und Eine Nächte, Walzer" by J. Strauss. A Grand Format in scale, tunes last for approximately 1 1/4 minutes.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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