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Harwood

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Brand name used on coin pianos and manually-played pianos by Jenkins Music Co., a full-line music house in Kansas City, MO.

Grob, J.M., & Co.

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Leipzig-Eutritzsch, Germany. Art shop which began selling automatic instruments in 1882 and manufacturing them in 1883. Developed an autoharp, the reiterating mandolin mechanism for street pianos, and self-playing mechanisms for pianos and organs. Sales agent for Ariston organettes. Taken over by Ludwig Hupfeld in 1892, to become the world’s largest manufacturer of automatic pianos and orchestrions.

Götz, Peter

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Vienna. Clockmaker, musical movements differ from the typical Austrian format, ca. 1820.

Gavioli et Cie

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Paris, France, 1845-1912. One of Europe’s most important fairground organ builders. Patented the use of the brass frein for realistic-sounding wooden violin pipes; developed the use of the key frame and folding cardboard music, and the automatic register mechanism.

Gaudin Frères

russell@irondogmedia.com · November 15, 2015 ·

Paris, France. Took over the fairground organ business of Charles Marenghi & Cie. in 1919, continued building and selling organs into the 1920s.

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