In response to Moe Goldy's posting, the following may be of assistance.

Baptiste-Antoine Brémond (1834-1925) was born in Geneva in August.
He lived at rue du Rhône 137.  His father, John-Philippe Brémond, and
grandfather were jewellers as were his brothers Baptiste-Antoine and
Charles-Abraham.  The family were of French descent from Uzès, settling
in Geneva in 1698.  Germain & Maurier wrote an extensive article on the
Brémonds (MBSI & MBSGB members, deceased).  In 1850 he was listed as
a merchant, in fact an agent.  He moved to Pradier Street No. 7, Geneva,
in about 1865 when his cartel serial numbers had reached 9000.

He joined the established maker Théodore Greiner in 1858 to found the
firm Greiner & Brémond.  The firm was located at rue Sismondi in 1861.
Greiner was listed as a musical box maker with Brémond listed as a
merchant.  The partnership lasted five years and he then went on as
his own maker in 1866, still claiming his foundation date as 1858.

He married David Langdorff's daughter, Anais Langdorff, in 1859.  He
was also a Geneva city councillor for some years.  H.A.V. Bulleid's
Tune Sheet Book, Sheet number 301 for a tabatière, has the rue Pradier
7 address for serial 2220, circa 1859.  Bulleid concluded that, as
he did not make them, he was acting as an agent.  About 1866 the firm
B. A. Brémond was at rue Pradier 7.  These tabatières sold by him
often carry his trade label (not illustrated):

   B. A. Brémond / Manufacturer of musical boxes /
of every description (in italics) / No. 7 Rue Pradier

By 1880 the official address was rue des Alpes 12.  Brémond traded in
singing bird automata and other products almost certainly not produced
by him.  By 1866 his cartels had reached serial 900 but serial 2220
does not fit any of the existing Bulleid date lines.  The original
Bulleid date line (in his Tune Sheet Book) remains unchanged from his
latest edition except for some changes to the text.  One must therefore
assume this could have been his address at the time of his partnership
with Greiner.  Thus Bulleid surmises that Brémond, known as a merchant,
may also have acted as an agent at this time.

The Brémond address at rue des Alpes was located on the rue de
Mont Blanc side of Place des Alpes, Geneva, facing the Brunswick
Memorial and opposite the Conchon Star Works.  Their musical boxes
were at the quality end of the market, making multi-cylinder and,
later, interchangeable movements.  Brémond boxes had many changes
of tune sheet design, apparently not always consistent with their
serial numbers.  Dating is thus extremely difficult.  A typical
feature is the serial number scrawled in large figures on the bottom
of the case.

In 1889, he used the trading name: A la Lyre D'Or (at the Golden
Lyre).  By 1902 he went bankrupt but the Geneva Directories still
listed B. A. Brémond until 1908.  Another firm was then registered in
the name of Ph. Brémond, possibly that of his only son, Philippe, and
continued until 1913 before another change to Firm Brémond, which
ceased in 1916.  He died in October 1925.

The Bulleid date line shows two sets of serial numbers for Brémond
but Bulleid could not find an explanation as to why they existed
almost simultaneously.  The two date lines are accurate for serials
5000-28,000 (1860-1894) and 35,000-48,000 but there is no explanation
for serials 28,000-35,000.  From 1894 until 1902 (or 1908) his output
is surrounded in mystery because there are few on record.

Five movements have been registered in the range serial 41647-47070.
Serial 41647 has tune 1 on the track lines, typical of Geneva practice,
but the others have the last tune, Typical of Ste.-Croix practice but
they all have Brémond details, including the serial number tin large
black letters under the case.  The latest date is circa 1885, leaving
many un-registered in the period 1885 - 1902.  They may have been sold
with general-purpose tune sheets.

Paul Bellamy