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Wurlitzer Mandolin PianOrchestra model 12

r_swaney@msn.com · February 17, 2018 ·

c. 1915

Manufactured by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. in North Tonawanda, NY.

Contains 37 violin and violincello pipes, piano, mandolin, bass and snare drum, and cymbal.

Wurlitzer produced the cases; the interior mechanisms were manufactured by Phillips of Germany. The model features a carved peacock with a “wonder light” tail. A total of 61 of this model were produced.

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