Made by the Thibouville and
Lamy firm which were founded at Mirecourt in
1790, this small organ in darkened wood plays, by
handle, a huge repertoire of perforated music
card-books. Its sweet and nostalgic tone is due
to the twenty-four free-moving reeds in bronze
mounted in brass. Of an excellent quality, it was
destined as much for the playing of light and
opera music as for dancing. Still much
appreciated today, it is perfectly suited to the
contemporary repertoire of Mouloudji, Juliette
Greco, Edith Piaf, Yves Montand. Thibouville and
Lamys production was vast, so there still
exist numerous other models from the
"Pianista" to the Baby Coelophone in
the catalogues of the period the house also
proposed musical pieces made by others. From
Paris it was a representative for certain foreign
firms whilst it was established in London in 1880
and in New York three years later. It disappeared
during the World War I, when the Mirecourt
factory was burnt down.
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