Hi Stephen & Kelly Goodman! I am a (new) Celestina owner. I acquired
one at auction (UK) about two months ago. I am slowly investigating it
with a view to stripping and cleaning, at least -- it is very dirty.
It seems to work reasonably well, so 'restoration' as such, may not be
necessary.
Can't help with the gold lettering, I'm afraid. However, I know that
Kevin McElhone (who may well reply separately) is about to publish a
book on organettes in general, in conjunction with the Music Box
Society of Great Britain. I'm not sure how much detail it will have
on Celestinas specifically.
There must be other makes with similar marking, so perhaps someone out
there has some advice. If we all send useful bits of information to
MMD as we find out, we should be able to build up a fairly good fund
of knowledge.
I'll mail again when I have proceeded further with my overhaul.
John Farmer (UK)
P.S.: Good idea of Lee Munsick's.
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