A Rare "Rigid Notation" Musical Clock Base

François Nicole, Circa 1825

with 7 x 2 inch cylinder, playing 8 airs on four revolutions, the cylinder with grid pattern markings the two-piece comb stamped 'F. Nicole' twice with two extra bass teeth screwed sideways into the main section, in an ebonized wood case with ormolu fittings on bun feet, with later glass top.
Width 16 inches.

Property from the Myra and Larry Karp Collection of Musical Boxes and Automata, Seattle, Washington

This lot is located in Chicago.

Literature:

Mechanical Music, January/February 2008.

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European Furniture and Decorative Arts

A Rare "Rigid Notation" Musical Clock Base

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