Large Sublime Harmony Piccolo Interchangeable Musical Box by Jun

No. 9156, with three six-air cylinders ("VVV", "YYY" and "ZZZ"), three combs with 2 x 45 teeth in the sublime harmony and 32 teeth in the piccolo sections (all three complete), triple zither attachments, crank-wound spring beneath the bedplate, capstan-wheel safety check, cylindrical tune-sheet, tune-selector, tune-indicator and slotted brass wheel for aligning cylinders during changeover, in book-matched walnut-veneered case with cylinder storage drawer and inlaid motifs in brass, mother-of-pearl and enamel on front and lid, wd. 34 ½ in. (88 cm), cylinders 18 in. (46 cm), overall good but playing somewhat slowly, a couple of dampers in need of adjustment. With crank. - The movement bears a patent plaque with the numbers 2293 (Switzerland), 445699 (America), 12170 - 90 (England) and 207352 (France). United States Patent No. 445699 for "new and useful improvements in musical boxes" was granted to A. Junod, J. Jaccard and P. Calame-Jaccard on 3rd February 1891: "This invention relates to a musical box with interchangeable cylinders, which can be manufactured cheaply and enables the said cylinders to be easily exchanged, even during its action, without any risk either to the cylinders themselves or to the comb". - The three cylinders present a wide-ranging program: cylinders VVV and YYY with mainly popular and cylinder ZZZ with operatic airs, including the overtures to Rossini's "William Tell" and Weber's "Freyschütz". - A musically and mechanically impressive interchangeable box with several unusual technical features, such as the tune-sheets for manual rotation and the additional built-in safety checks.

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)