Rare Station-Type Musical Theater, c. 1900

With eight-air coin-operated movement operating three replacement dancing dolls and the rise and fall of the curtain, in stained-wood case with glazed proscenium flanked by turned columns, electric illumination, coin-slot, coin-drawer, removable sound fret for accessing the mechanism and plaque: "Schweizer Musikwerke-Fabrik, C. Alpsteg, Nieder-Hallwyl", ht. including pediment 31 ½ x wd. 21 ¼ (80 x 54 cm), cylinder 8 ¼ in. (21 cm), interior decoration renewed, dolls now operated by chain-drive, movement not examined out of case, good working and playing condition. With wood-handled crank. - The musical instrument firm C. Alpsteg of Hallwil, in the Swiss Aargau canton, was founded in 1889 and operated until around 1914/15.

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)