A hidden drum, bells and castanets musical box by Ducommun Girod
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A hidden drum, bells and castanets musical box by Ducommun Girod

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A hidden drum, bells and castanets musical box by Ducommun Girod
No. 3949, playing six airs by Bellini, Donizetti and others, accompanied by three bells and optional drum and castanets beneath the bedplate, with flat-topped winding-lever stamped Ducommun Girod, blue tune-sheet and red interior, in boxwood-strung rosewood veneered case with inlaid floral cartouches to front and lid -- 26½in. (67cm.) wide, the cylinder 16in. (41cm.) wide, (one replacement percussion tooth)
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