Auguste Paillard-Cuendet, In the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the prosperous music box years encouraged many workers to look for employment in this particular sector. Thus it was for Auguste Paillard-Cuendet in Sainte-Croix, who assembled movements in his comptoir in the 1870s, before running into problems which led to a provisional suspension of activity in 1881. Two years later, however, Auguste Paillard registered a private company (as music box factory), which spanned the glorious cylinder box years, only to disappear in 1895 upon the death of its owner. (Piguet 2004, S. 285)
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