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Street organ

Street organ with small side snare drum with two mechanical beaters. 12 melody pipes (violin), 8 accompaniment pipes, 5 bass pipes. Painting décor. On left is a woman picking tulips with a windmill in the background. On the right is a canal barge with tulip fields to the left and a windmill to the right.

  • Maker:
    Pell ?
  • Collection:
    Milton Keynes Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Germany?
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  • Decorative elements:Painting décor. On left is a woman picking tulips with a windmill in the background. On the right is a canal barge with tulip fields to the left and a windmill to the right.
  • Inscriptions:Initials J.T. & S.T. (?) , Painted, front
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  • Repository:Milton Keynes Museum
  • Measurements:1257 x 616 x c.1590 mm