I got the Aldmeri Golden Embellishments in a thieves trove in Summerset, I don't think you can get it from other places other than thieves troves, but I read you can get them in hew's bane too.
About the Preserved Music Box Mechanism, I have been farming safeboxes A LOT from Summerset, Greenshade and Glenumbra with no luck yet.

I got the lead for the Aldmeri Golden Embellishments from a thieves trove in Murkmire.

I found lead for Aldmeri Golden Embellishments in thieves trove in Hews bane, but so far nothing on Preserved Music Box Mechanism. Ive been farming safeboxes in Glenumbra for 3 days now.

Preserved Music Box Mechanism took 60+ safe boxes in glenumbra during off peak hours for me

To hear some leads are only available through the justice system seems unfair and game braking. If anyone reads this, please allow a wider drop of leads outside the justice system, because I simply don't like doing that on my main. Sure I like the justice system in itself, but to force a char into stealing ( even from thieves troves) and braking into houses and indulge into even more stealing - just because it is my main - seems very off to me, and for this reason I almost dropped the search for these music box parts - which granted, I would very much love to own. On a more ... story side of things - what is music and art got to do with thieving to begin with? I though these things were supposed to drop from more appropriate sources. Elven land - yes, but seriously now - stealing? only? Zos please fix this, even if for ethics. Very disappointing. Do something connected with the bard's college if you must and leave stealing as a side option, not main. More on topic - I got my blue lead for the music box from a jewellery box in Solitude ( the inn) - and that because the rumour they were found ... via stealing. After 2 days of seeing my altmer canonreeve indulging into the lowest sort of activities, just because the game forces me to ( put it on the "things one does for art" as you might - still - no)- made me almost want to quit the whole thing - which ... granted - I love. That off this whole business became. No more stealing as main option - PLEASE - (yes - it has forced me into repetition - that bad !).

I keep getting the blue part, and can't even loot the lead because I already have it.

Sylvermynx wrote: »

@Erissime - leads are shared across your account. So make a temp thief character to steal? Then your main can do the scrying.

I already have one such character. It's just secondary - and while I am aware of the leads being spread through the whole account - I simply said that I find it unfair for them to be dropping strictly from one source - and I am talking about this antiquity in particular ( the music box) - NOT in general. Also I am aware that there are various other sources for various other leads. But since the game kind of compels you to have one main character - well my main ( also the one who has reached level 10 of both scrying and digging in 4 days since launch - THIS much I love it all) - I would very much prefer to continue the whole adventure on that one character. And being all I said above - once more - I find it unfair to tie certain leads to certain specific drops. In short - for the music box ( As this is what I understand this thread is about - and not general leads) - leave the thievery as secondary and allow and other sources ( even if harder - more rare drop rate -) to give the leads as well. And yes I live in that Utopian universe in which zos at least reads some of these forums - hope dies last.

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Erissime wrote: »

To hear some leads are only available through the justice system seems unfair and game braking. If anyone reads this, please allow a wider drop of leads outside the justice system, because I simply don't like doing that on my main. Sure I like the justice system in itself, but to force a char into stealing ( even from thieves troves) and braking into houses and indulge into even more stealing - just because it is my main - seems very off to me, and for this reason I almost dropped the search for these music box parts - which granted, I would very much love to own. On a more ... story side of things - what is music and art got to do with thieving to begin with? I though these things were supposed to drop from more appropriate sources. Elven land - yes, but seriously now - stealing? only? Zos please fix this, even if for ethics. Very disappointing. Do something connected with the bard's college if you must and leave stealing as a side option, not main. More on topic - I got my blue lead for the music box from a jewellery box in Solitude ( the inn) - and that because the rumour they were found ... via stealing. After 2 days of seeing my altmer canonreeve indulging into the lowest sort of activities, just because the game forces me to ( put it on the "things one does for art" as you might - still - no)- made me almost want to quit the whole thing - which ... granted - I love. That off this whole business became. No more stealing as main option - PLEASE - (yes - it has forced me into repetition - that bad !).

if ZOS listened to forum users not wanting to branch out to get leads, leads would not drop from: PvE Content, PVP Content and the Justice System. I guess that leaves exploration and picking up crafting nodes?

I got a gold lead from a mushroom node. They drop from pretty much every aspect of the game.

I got a gold lead from a mushroom node. They drop from pretty much every aspect of the game. [/quote]

are you saying that you got the golden part of the Aldmeri Symphonia from a mushroom or ... just a golden lead (for something else? ) - which is already known - yes, leads drop from everywhere. What about this box ?

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kaisernick wrote: »

Erissime wrote: »

Do something connected with the bard's college if you must and leave stealing as a side option, not main.

You can get a different one from the bards college
http://lovelynorth.com/music-box-the-merry-meadmaker/

That is another music box and not the one to which this thread refers to. So while I thank you for the input - it does not change the fact that the box in this topic seems to be dropping its leads from thievery mainly.

Im well aware of which this topic is refering to as i made it, but while i agree that i dislike that half of the object come from crime, i was pointing out that your idea of using the bards college has been done.

Gold - Any safebox
Purple - Any thieves trove

Got mine from Malabal Tor + Bal Foyen.

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Alcasts website mentioned the lacquered wood tone box came from jewelry boxes in alinor, and I can confirm thats where i got my lead for it. I dunno if theres a method to farming them but i got mine on the 2nd jewelry box i opened

It comes from any Jewelry box, not just in Alinor. I got at least 3 blue music box leads running in-and-out of the Blue Palace during the Greymoor main quest and just opening random Jewelry boxes I saw on the way.

I can also confirm that I got the golden part lead from a Safebox, and the purple from a Thieves Trove.

Wish it was the other way around - the common blue one with the high drop rate coming from Safeboxes, and the ultra rare gold lead coming from Jewelry boxes. Low drop rates are bad enough, but putting it in safeboxes that are competitively looted by anybody (rather than Jewelry boxes or Wardrobes or Dressers which give individual loot for everybody) is just the worst...

I got the Embellishment from a Thieve's Trove in Grahtwood.

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Apox wrote: »

Alcasts website mentioned the lacquered wood tone box came from jewelry boxes in alinor, and I can confirm thats where i got my lead for it. I dunno if theres a method to farming them but i got mine on the 2nd jewelry box i opened

It comes from any Jewelry box, not just in Alinor. I got at least 3 blue music box leads running in-and-out of the Blue Palace during the Greymoor main quest and just opening random Jewelry boxes I saw on the way.

I can also confirm that I got the golden part lead from a Safebox, and the purple from a Thieves Trove.

Wish it was the other way around - the common blue one with the high drop rate coming from Safeboxes, and the ultra rare gold lead coming from Jewelry boxes. Low drop rates are bad enough, but putting it in safeboxes that are competitively looted by anybody (rather than Jewelry boxes or Wardrobes or Dressers which give individual loot for everybody) is just the worst...

It also doesn't come from jewelry boxes only. I got 2 from urns in Vvardenfell so yeah. I guess game treats urns and jewelry boxes as the same type on container which is kind of amusing lol.