Portative Small Pipe Organ Organetto Music Instrument 1920s Ad Trade Card

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Portative Small Pipe Organ Organetto Music Instrument 1920s Ad Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL 1920s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
PORTABLE ORGAN MUSIC INSTRUMENT
A portative organ (portatif organ, portativ organ, or simply portative, portatif, or portativ)
(from the Latin verb portare, "to carry"), also known during Italian Trecento as the
organetto, is a small pipe organ that consists of one rank of flue pipes, sometimes arranged
in two rows, to be played while strapped to the performer at a right angle. The performer
manipulates the bellows with one hand and fingers the keys with the other. The portative
organ lacks a reservoir to retain a supply of wind, thus it will only produce sound while the
bellows are being operated. The instrument was commonly used in European secular music
from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
SEE IMAGES ABOVE
THE CARD DIMENTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS WAS PRINTED IN THE 1920s
IT IS NOT PERFECT
THERE MAY BE CREASING - PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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WE COMBINE SHIPPING
BUY 1 TO 4 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND THE TOTAL TO SHIP IS
BUY 5 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND SHIPPING IS FREE
NOTE:
ON LARGER INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WE MAY REQUIRE REGISTERD
MAIL AND WILL SPLIT THE COST WITH THE BUYER.
INQUIRE IF CONCERNED!