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Jérôme THIBOUVILLE-LAMY - circa 1880
   

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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 Lamy’s 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.

 

MàJ - 23/01/1999