WURLITZER CO., Est. 1856 by Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer in New York. In
1861 Wurlitzer built a factory in Cincinnati, OH., but did not build their
first piano until 1880. Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer died in 1914. Once located
at 105 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL. Wurlitzer had factories in DaKajb. JL.,
Notonawanda, Corintfi, Miss. AIJ pianos were manufactured under the
trade name of "Wurlitzer". The names Iisted below were controlled by
Wurlitzer prior t0 1937: Apollo, Julius Bauer & Co., Melville Clark, De
Kalb, Farney, Kingston, Student Butterfly Clavichord, Kurtzmann,
Merriam, Schaff Bros., Spinette Strad and Underwood. Wurlitzer bought
the Chickering name in 1985. Also made the Wurlitzer Electronic Piano.
In 1990 the Wurlitzer factory was located in Holly Springs, Miss. In 1995
Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. purchased Wurlitzer and Chickering.
1903-1910 1926-77000 1952-444000 1979-1550000
1904-3000 1927-80000 1953-474451 1980-1595000
1905-4500 1928-85000 1954-506601 1981-1645000
1906-6000 1929-93000 1955-537000 1982-1700000
1907-7500 1930-112000 1956-570001 1983-1725000
1908-9000 1931-118000 1957-607000 1984-1775000
1909-10300 1932-126500 1958-620000 1985-1825000
1910-11600 1933-130300 1959-623900 1986-1850000
1911-13000 1934-133300 1960-657000 1987-1900000
1912-14000 1935-136000 1961-715000 1988-2020000
1913-15000 1936-138700 1962-760000 1989-2055000
1914-19000 1937-150000 1963-815000 1990-2080001
1915-22000 1938-175000 1964-860000 1991-2810077
1916-25000 1939-180000 1965-905000 1992-2815578
1917-28000 1940-195000 1966-945000 1993-2820556
1918-32000 1941-210000 1967-985000 1994-2823029
1919-36000 1942-225000 1968-1025000 1995-2825969
1920-40000 1946-330000 1969-1065000 1996-2829222
1921-45000 1947-333000 1970-1105000 *Exactdateofmfgr.can
1922-49000 1948-340000 * 1971-1145000 notbeconfirmed,due
1923-53000 1949-370000 * 1976-1385000 tononsequential
1924-58000 1950-400000 1977-1395000 numbersusedin
1925-63000 1951-419000 1978-1495000 multiplemfg.facilities.
The model G500 and G550, 5'0" Wurlitzer Grand, was manufactured by
Baldwin from 1990 until 1994.
1990-5001 1992-5193 1994-5723
1991-5112 1993-5399
WURLITZER ELECTRONIC PIANO, Made by Wurlitzer
WURLITZER HARR Refined coin operated, glass case permitted seeing
strings beingpicked. |