Music boxes of B. A. Bremond

Early maker of multicylinder and, later, of interchangeable cylinder boxes

Great number of extra large specialty boxes, with the best of accessories, often supplied in quite exotic furniture.

Moreover, B. A. Bremond was for some years a City Councillor for Geneva

Unlike all the other Geneva makers, Bremond had many changes of tune sheet design

Inconsistent and intransparent serial numbers

Dating extremely difficult (Bulleid, Technology, p. 10)

Spielwerke / movements

1.) no number, no year of fabrication known

[1], [2] (mit drei (!) Ansichten auf der Deckelinnnenseite, [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] Interc drawer 3 rolls,

2.) Chronological according to the year of fabrication

Ca 1850, ca 1855, after 1860, 1867, ca 1871,
1878 (Custom-built with dedication of 25th Dec 1878)
1886 (Custom-built four-cylinder interchangeable)

3.) Serial numbers Inconsistent, unsatisfactory and and intransparent

N° 252, N° 501, N° 2220, N° 6329, N° 8051, N° 8340, N° 8761, N° 9581, N° 9739 (Mandoline, Harp, 8 airs),

N° 10113, N° 10684, N° 11300, N° 11584, N° 11718, N° 12076, N° 12136, N° 12560 (interchangeable), N° 13531, N° 13846, N° 13948, N° 14170, N° 14480, N° 4689, N° 15019, N° 16319, N° 16455, 16742, 16882, N° 17169, N° 17963, N° 18516, N° 19662, N° 19686, 19718,

N° 20466, 1st: Faust N° 20697,, N° 20805, N° 20908, N° 21046, N° 21095, N° 24000, N° 24186, N° 25979, N° 26296, N° 25979, N° 36600, 37157,

N° 12779324

Longplay interchangeable Orchestre Flute (Mosoriak)

1.) No number, no year of fabrication known /

[1] No number

 

[2] Drei Ansichten auf der Deckelinnenseite
(Mitte: Rousseau-Insel)


[3]


21 1/2 inched long x 9 inches wide x 7 inched tall

Governor marked "BAB" for B.A. Bremond

Atlee Raber Auctioneer
Dundee, OH, US
December 27, 2022

[4]

[5]


20 cm. high; 60 cm. wide; 24 cm. deep POULDREW HOUSE & Other Important Clients | Lots 1-500 by Sheppards May 9, 2023 10:00 AM IST Live Auction The Square Durrow, Ireland R32 FN88 19TH-CENTURY AMBOYNA CASED MUSIC BOX

[6]


Oversized roller music box B. A. Bremond Switzerland circa 1900, marked B. A. Bremond Switzerland, long rectangular case veneered in root birch in the base drawer for spare rollers, the interior glazed, complete tuning comb with 144 reeds, another roller enclosed, with invoice for restoration costs (4400 CHF) of the music box from 2007, executed by Michel Bourgoz, ready to play, very good condition with fabulous sound, very rare in this size, L case 112 cm, L roller 38,5 cm.

[7] Interc drawer 3 rolls, 64 airs


ORGAN-TYPE MUSIC BOX, on matching table fitted one drawer with three musical rolls, by B. A. Bremond, Geneva, circa 1870-1880, plays 64 tunes, play lists included. Height: 115 cm. Width: 120 cm. Depth: 64 cm.

Interc. drawer 3 rolls
World Exhib. Paris 1867

[8]


Ebay 2023 Dez 26

Ca 1850

Ord-Hume, Musical boxes, plate 188

ca 1855

Several variants (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 13)

After 1860

Dating from 1860-65 (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 17)

After 1871

Custom-built, with dedication of 25th December 1878

Very comfortable Tune sheet

Exquisite Escutcheon of the key hole

Elaborate Escutcheon of the leverage

Pretty Lyra of the Zither arrangement

Custom-built four-cylinder interchangeable, December 1886

Obviously for an important customer
(Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 11)

Custom-built six-cylinder interchangeable


Private ownership

===3.) Serial numbers Inconsistent, unsatisfactory and and intransparent===

N° 252

N° 2220

N° 6329

N° 8051

N° 8340, possibly Brémond: In a Swiss Chalet, 8 Air, Keywind, 77 teeth, Cyl. 27,5 cm, Ø 5,2 cm

Paul Bellamy, The Cylinder Musical Box, p. 86, Figure 6 (Octaves and Intervals Used)

N° 8761

N° 8761

Printed in red and black, made in the early 1870s. (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet N° 14)

N° 9581

Private ownership

N° 9739 / 232 / and a second number: 17160

N° 10113

N° 11300


N° 11584

N° 11718

N° 12076


Ebay 2024 Mai 6

N° 12136


16 x 8 x 5 inches

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N° 12560 (interchangeable)

N° 13531

N° 13846

N° 13948

N° 14170


2023 Jan 15

N° 14689

N° 14480, in a Large Swiss Chalet Musical Box


Designed as a liqueur or smoking cabinet in the form of a three-storied building with hinged façade, detailed carved beehives, wood stacks, gallery and outbuildings, on recessed base containing key-wind eight-air cylinder musical movement no. 14480, probably by Bremond, with 76 teeth in comb (missing two tips), chalet 24¾ x 20¾ in. (63 x 53 cm), cylinder 10¾ in. (27.5 cm), without decanters, glasses or fittings, lid detached, losses to carved details, movement in good unrestored playing condition, but slow, with wood-handled key.

Breker Auction Team, 2022 Nov 5, Lot 333

N° 15019


Ebay 2023 Apr 24

N° 16319

N° 16455

N° 16742

N° 16882


Ebay 2024 Juni 28

N° 17169

N° 17963

Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 16

N° 18516

N° 19686

Private ownership

N° 19718

N° 20466, 1st: Faust


drucker duc


Ebay 2024 Mai 5

N° 20697

N° 20805


N° 20908


See a surevy over the lyras of the zither attachment

Privatbesitz, Kunst & Krempel, ORF II, 28. Dezember 2022

N° 21046

Nr. 21095

Nr. 24000

Nr. 24186

Nr. 25979

N° 26296


Lyre at the top surmounted with a Swiss cross


All hymn programm


Serial 26296

(Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 10)

N° 37157


37157

Diamond shaped tune sheets are used by both Lecoultre and Brémond, who had name engraved in lower margins, usually (as here) cut off (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 12)

N° 12779324 of 1871

Mosoriak

The three dolls, two girls and one boy, are dressed in gaily-colored costumes. When the music box plays, the boy (in the middle) turns from right to left and left to right admiring first one and then the other girl doing a dance. The girls „dance“ turning to right and left and sometimes compleately around. The girldolls´ hair is human hair, one blonde and the other auburn. The dolls dance the entire time the music plays. The six bells are gold-plated or brass. Dolls are 3 ½ inches high; the cylinder is 11 inches long. The music box plays eight selections, and is 24 ½ inches long, 12 ½ inches deep and 12 inches high. It bears no maker´s name, but on the dial appear: Spiel (play); Still (stop); Wechselt (change); Wiederholt (repeat). (Mosoriak plate 32, p. 144)

Mosoriak p. 144