Royal & Noble
Royal & Noble
Property from the Collection of a British Nobleman
A George III mahogany chamber organ by Hugh Russell, 1780
Lot Closed
January 14, 04:43 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of a British Nobleman
A George III mahogany chamber organ by Hugh Russell
1780
with a four and half octave retractable keyboard BB to f3, with bone naturals and ebony accidentals, six handstops controlling fifteenth, principal, bass diapason, hautboy, dulciano and treble diapson, two pedals, one operating the bellows, a socket in the left side of the case for a hand lever for the bellows, with appropriate later astragal glazed doors enclosing the pipes
246cm. high, 115cm. wide, 66cm. deep
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Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1992, lot 466;
Acquired by Stanley J. Seeger (1930-2011) and in his collection;
until sold, 1000 Ways of Seeing, The Private Collection of the Late Stanley J. Seeger, these rooms, 6 March 2014, lot 710 (sold £38,750 with premium);
Acquired by Edward, Lord Ballyedmond (1944–2014);
thence by descent
Acquired by Stanley J. Seeger (1930-2011) and in his collection;
until sold, 1000 Ways of Seeing, The Private Collection of the Late Stanley J. Seeger, these rooms, 6 March 2014, lot 710 (sold £38,750 with premium);
Acquired by Edward, Lord Ballyedmond (1944–2014);
thence by descent
c.f. James Boeringer, Organ Britannica: Organs In Great Britain, 1669-1860, London, 1989, p. 84.