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,

[2] No s/n, 6 Airs,

N° 7648,

N° 11288: Sublime Harmonie Piccolo,

N° 12526: Mandoline,

N° 12781: 10 tunes, Bells in sight,

N° 13316: Octavo,

N° 13321,

N° 13852: 6 Airs

N° 14307: Mandoline,

N° 14907: Tremolo Harp,

N° 14325: Polytype,

N° 14494: Drum Bells in Sight,

N° 14548: Duettinos,

N° 14927: Sublime Harmonie Piccolo,

N° 15286,

N° 15433: Sublime Harmony,

N° 15473 (no picture),

N° 15546 (no picture),

N° 15807: 6 tunes, 5½ inches,

N° 15890: 6 tunes, 5½ inches,

N° 18731: 8 tunes


[1] Orchestre


Private ownership


[2] No s/n, 6 airs

7648 (very cautiously attributed)



7648 (very cautiously attributed)

Walzenspieldose, um 1880
N° 7648, zehn Melodien von Verdi, Flotow, Gounod, C. Faust u.a., mit 77 Tönen im Kamm (komplett, zwei oder mehr saubere Reparaturen an der Baß-Spitze), Melodienblatt, lasiertes Gehäuse und furnierter Deckel mit Intarsien, Breite 57 cm, Walzenbreite 33 cm. Am Geschwindigkeitsregler fehlt ein Flügel; Stopp/Start-Mechanismus müßte eingestellt werden,



11288 Sublime Harmonie Piccolo


Serial and Gamme


1st comb


2nd comb


3rd comb


Ebay 2022 Jun 27


N° 12526: Mandoline


N° 12781: 10 tunes


Ebay Aug 26


N° 13316: Octavo


N° 13321


Ebay 2023 May 24


N° 13852: 6 Airs


One of the interior divides is missing


A 19th century Swiss inlaid rosewood cased six air musical box, width 52cm, depth 22cm, height 14cm



N° 14307: Mandoline


N° 14927: Sublime Harmonie Piccolo


N° 15286


Ebay 2023 Dec 6


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)


CMM on the cylinder bearing near to the governor, apparently a mark of a maker of blanks


Ebay 2022 Feb 28


N° 18731: 8 tunes