Barrel Organ. Index card reads: Barrel organ. EVELEIGH & CO., No. 21 SWAN STREET, MINORIES, LONDON; Miss Powell-Cotton. Four stops (Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Twelfth 2.66', Fifteenth 2'), the first, and bottom D of the principal, stopped wood; the remainder open metal. Three barrels, in cradles. (For tunes, see back). Trade card of maker pasted inside lid. 20 notes. About 1800. Restored in 1971 by John Budgen of Bishop & Sons, Ipswich. A little casework restoration required, but generally in very good order. Minor casework restoration by H.M. technicians October 1971. Height: 1537 mm; Width: 697 mm; Depth: 470 mm. Langwill & Boston 50,106. REVERSE OF CARD: Adeste Fideles, Old Hundredth, Rule Britannia, National Anthem (six others)
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