B.A. Bremond, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 tunes with a 17 inch cylinder playing on a three-piece comb using two mainsprings in a dark hardwood case with paper tune card under the lid and engraved tune card within the box, paper label with operating

B.A. Bremond, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 tunes with a 17 inch cylinder playing on a three-piece comb using two mainsprings in a dark hardwood case with paper tune card under the lid and engraved tune card within the box, paper label with operating instructions in French, and a handwritten bill for the sale or upgrade of the machine signed by B.A. Bremond, serial number 18216 The movement is a bit dull and dirty, but the box sounds very good. The dark wood case has some small areas of finish loss on the lid, edges, and corners. There are two broken teeth. The lid has a 4 inch crack starting on one end. The bill included with the lot is on B.A. Bremond letterhead and is dated 1880. The bill was address to Mr. Henry C. Gibson in Philadelphia who was presumably its first owner. Gibson was a businessman, distiller, philanthropist, and art collector. His collection of American sculpture and European paintings was given to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts after his death in 1891.