Spieldosen von / music boxes of ( [1:] 8 Airs (Freeman 1158) W & H as British patent agents in 1875[1] Unnummeriert, 8 Airs
Nr. 6210
Weill and Harburg were not makers, so it seems very likely that at least some of the boxes bearing their tune sheets were made by Grosclaude. For example, their Serial No. 6210, with an 8 ¼“ (21 cm) cylinder playing eight airs accompanied by drum, six bells and two Chinamen bell strikers. (Bulleid: Cylinder Musical Box Technology, 1994, p. 17-18) Nr. 40299: Drums & Bells, 10 Airs
[...] Grosclaude Serial No. 40299 still has its tune sheet, reproduced in Fig. 1-12, and the same identification on its governor side plate.(Bulleid, Technology, 17-18)
It is a nickel-plated movement of conventional layout, the 14“ (36 cm) cylinder playing ten airs with drum and seven bells, as shown in Fig. 1-13. Its quality is well up to the high standards always maintained in Geneva. (Bulleid, Technology, 17-18) Weill and Harburg as British patent agents for L.A. Grosclaude Weill and Harburg of Holburn Circus were importers of musical boxes from Geneva, and they acted as British patent agents for L.A. Grosclaude in 1875. They also patented a seldom seen tune selector and indicator. See Figure 5-6. (Bulleid, Technology, p. 18)
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