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Wrede

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Hanover-Kleefeld, Germany. Made fairground organs (1890-early 1930s) and portable hand-cranked organs (1890-1944).

Willenbacher, Alois

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Prague, 1828-1842. See Rzebitschek..

Whitlock, J.W. & Co.

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Rising Sun, IN. Developer and subcontract manufacturer of the Wurlitzer Automatic Harp, 1905-1911, and paper rolls for it.

Western Electric Piano Company

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Chicago, IL. Made coin pianos and a few small keyboardless orchestrions, 1924-1928; a few early jukeboxes, 1928-early 1930s. A secretly-owned subsidiary of the J.P. Seeburg Piano Company with no connection to the Western Electric telephone equipment firm.

Welte, M., & Söhne

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Vöhrenbach, Germany (1832-1872); Freiburg, Germany (1872-1950); sales office in New York City (opened 1906); factory in Poughkeepsie, NY (1913-1917). Manufactured flute clocks and barrel orchestrions (early years), roll-operated orchestrions (c.1887-1920s), pipe organs (1900-WWII; mostly between 1913-1929), reproducing pianos (1904-1929). Also marketed a few fairground organs and coin pianos. One of the world’s most important automatic musical manufacturing companies.

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