28th Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Fishing
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A Good Late Bells Drum Et Castanet Musical Box, By Nicole Frères
[Paillard Vaucher Et Fils Agent]
Serial No. 52[4or5]16, Gamme, No. 5882, L. No. 532, post-1884, playing twelve operatic and music hall airs, with double spring motor, single-section comb flanked by six drum and five tooth bell combs on lever-select, separate four hammer strikers for castanet, plain polished tuned bells arranged to two tier buffet, on reeded cast bedplate, ebonised interior with Nicole Freres banner, in part veneered case with intricately inlaid and crossbanded lid and front with musical instrument and scroll centres - 25 wide in. (64cm), the cylinder 13 in. (33 cm).
Note the stencilled case serial number being 52516 and the inscribed number being 52416, altered with a cross through the 4 for a 5. After about the 50,000 serial number, Nicole was offering Paillard boxes and these later Gamme-boxes also had L, or production numbers - in this case very similar at a quick glance to the serial number - which may explain the discrepancy of the numbers shown. This movement has always belonged in this case and this box is just four entries away from the highest serial number recorded for this maker on the MBSGB register.
Sold for £650
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lacks one tip from second to top note, plays smoothly bells/drums/block strikers operate
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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Fishing, 28th Sep, 2022
The Scientific and Musical Sales encompass microscopes, telescopes and binoculars, surveying and navigational equipment, medical and pharmaceutical instruments, woodworking and engineering tools, measuring devices, mining equipment, cameras from vintage to modern and optical toys. The sale also includes all musical related items from antique, vintage and good modern orchestral instruments to vintage and modern guitars, concertinas, musical boxes, juke boxes, polyphones, gramophones and vintage and modern amplifiers and stereo equipment.
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