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Bursens

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Antwerp, Belgium. Made Arburo and Ideal fairground, street, and dance organs. Founded by Joseph Bursens circa 1890, and carried on by his son Arthur into the 1970s. The Arburo name was derived from the words Arthur, Bursens, and Roels, the latter a business partner.

Bruder, Gebrüder (Bruder Brothers)

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Waldkirch, Germany. Ignaz Bruder I, 1780-1845, manufactured flute clocks and barrel organs. Of his 15 children, five sons and their descendants continued to build portable and then larger fairground organs under several different company names, including Gebrüder Bruder, the largest of the firms (1860s-1937); Ignaz Bruder Söhne (1860s-1918), and Wilhelm Bruder Söhne (1860s-1939).

Britannia

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Disc music boxes made by B.H. Abrahams, St. Croix, Switzerland.

Brémond, B. A.

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Geneva, Switzerland. Made fine quality cylinder music boxes, circa 1860s-1916.

Bodson, J.

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Paris, France. Made and leased several models of life-sized accordion-playing automata circa 1920-1935.

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