Unusual Hidden Drum and Piccolo Musical Box by Ducommun-Girod, c. 1860
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.

Ungewöhnliche Piccolo-Walzenspieldose mit versteckter Trommel von Ducommun-Girod, um 1860
Nr. 21656/953, 6 Melodien inklusive einem "Schottischen Potpourri", einer Quadrille und 4 Opern-Melodien von Verdi und Rossini (Gamme No. 7000), begleitet von abschaltbarer Trommel, 94 Töne im Musikkamm, 8 Töne im Trommelkamm (jeweils komplett), Ratschenhebel mit flachem Griff, geprägt "Ducommun Girod", Original-Melodienblatt beiliegend, Gehäuse mit Rosenholzfurnier, Deckel mit Bandintarsien aus Messing (1 kleiner Teil lose), außerdem Deckel und Front mit farbigen Emaille-Einlegearbeiten, Gehäusebreite 48 cm, Walzenbreite 17 cm, Ein Ton ergänzt. Die Mechanik befindet sich in gut restauriertem und spielendem Zustand. – Nach Arthur Ord-Hume kamen Spieldosen mit versteckten Trommeln um 1845 in Mode. – Literatur: Ord-Hume, "The Musical Box, a Guide for Collectors", S. 90. – Diese Walzenspieldose mit Glockenklang ohne Glocken (erreicht durch die Piccolo-Bestiftung der oberen 8 Töne) ist eine ungewöhnliche Variante dieser Bauform.

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