Kapitel 3 / Chapter 3 Logo und Brücken-Design: Oben links das „BB“-Logo, oben rechts eine Brücke / Logo and bridge design: left “BB”-logo, right a bridge ( Spielwerke / musical boxes): Both Serial No. 15546 with 16-inch cylinder playing twelve airs and Serial No. 15473 with 13-inch cylinder playing six airs with a piccolo comb added to the sublime harmony pair include 1890 tunes. Both als have double-spring drive, the BTB monogram on tune sheet and leather glass lid lifter, and a transfer at the back of the case stating, in gold letters, „Geo. Baker & Co. (late Geo Baker-Troll & Co.) Manufacturers. Geneva Switzerland.“ They play excellently. (Bulleid, Technology, p. 6-7)
[1] Orchestre, [1] Orchestre
[2] No s/n, 6 airs
7648 (very cautiously attributed) Walzenspieldose, um 1880
11288 Sublime Harmonie Piccolo
N° 12526: Mandoline N° 12781: 10 tunes
N° 13316: Octavo N° 13321
N° 13852: 6 Airs
N° 14307: Mandoline N° 14927: Sublime Harmonie Piccolo N° 15286
N° 14907: Tremolo Harp Ser. No. 14907 - for a restoration completion - for ten airs, single-spring motor, single-section comb, the cylinder devoid of pinning apart from a small group to extreme treble (yet to be sized), under dustlid, tunesheet, in well-figured mahogany and inlaid/crossbanded case with domed lid - 23in. (58cm) wide, the cylinder 13in. (33cm)
N° 14325: Polytype N° 14494: Drum Bells in Sight N° 14548: Duettino N° 15433: Sublime Harmony See also a second entry of this movement with reveals more details! The year 1890 is the probable date for a Baker-Troll box with Serial No. in the early 15,000s (Bulleid, Technology, p. 6) 15473 Both Serial No. 15546 with 16-inch cylinder playing twelve airs and Serial No. 15473 with 13-inch cylinder playing six airs with a piccolo comb added to the sublime harmony pair include 1890 tunes. Both als have double-spring drive, the BTB monogram on tune sheet and leather glass lid lifter, and a transfer at the back of the case stating, in gold letters, „Geo. Baker & Co. (late Geo Baker-Troll & Co.) Manufacturers. Geneva Switzerland.“ They play excellently. (Bulleid, Technology, p. 6-7) 15546 Both Serial No. 15546 with 16-inch cylinder playing twelve airs and Serial No. 15473 with 13-inch cylinder playing six airs with a piccolo comb added to the sublime harmony pair include 1890 tunes. Both als have double-spring drive, the BTB monogram on tune sheet and leather glass lid lifter, and a transfer at the back of the case stating, in gold letters, „Geo. Baker & Co. (late Geo Baker-Troll & Co.) Manufacturers. Geneva Switzerland.“ They play excellently. (Bulleid, Technology, p. 6-7) N° 15807: 6 tunes, 5½ inches (=14 cm) „[... a smaller box], using a simpler design of tune sheet as shown in fig. 1-5 for a 5½“ (14 cm) cylinder six-air box, Serial No. 15807. These smaller boxes all had monogrammed lid lifter and some had the monogram stamped on the governor cock.“ (Bulleid, Technology p. 8) N° 15890: 6 tunes, 5½ inches (=14 cm)
N° 18731: 8 tunes
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