Unusual Hidden Drum and Piccolo Musical Box by Ducommun-Girod, c

No. 21656/953, playing a "Scottish Potpourri", a quadrille and four operatic airs by Verdi and Rossini (Gamme No. 7000) accompanied by optional drum, with 94 teeth in musical comb and 8 teeth in percussion comb (both complete), flat-topped winding lever stamped "Ducommun Girod", tune-sheet, rosewood-veneered case with brass stringing and colored enamel inlay, wd. 19 in. (48 cm), cylinder 10 ½ in. (17 cm), one corner of brass stringing lifting, one tooth replaced, movement in good restored playing condition. Arthur Ord-Hume suggests that musical boxes with hidden bells came into vogue around 1845. – Literature: Ord-Hume, "The Musical Box, a Guide for Collectors", p. 90. – This hidden drum musical box with carillon effect (thanks to piccolo pinning on the last eight treble teeth) but no bells is an unusual variant of the form.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)