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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to as simply Wurlitzer, is an American company started in Cincinnati in 1853 by German immigrant (Franz) Rudolph Wurlitzer. The company initially imported stringed, woodwind and brass instruments from Germany for resale in the United States.
Fritz Wurlitzer in his workshop in the 1970s Fritz Wurlitzer Double Bass Clarinet. Fritz Ulrich Wurlitzer (21 December 1888 – 5 or 9 April 1984) was a German clarinet maker, based in Erlbach in Vogtland, Saxony. He developed the Reform Boehm clarinet and made improvements to the Schmidt-Kolbe clarinet [1] and the German bass clarinet. [2]
All students listened to each of their instruments through headphones. Up to 24 individual student instruments could be connected together. According to former Wurlitzer employee Bill Fuller, 75% of all universities used Wurlitzer piano labs in the late 1960s or early 1970s, and some facilities were still in operation as late as 2000. [28]
During World War II, the U.S. War Production Board ordered the cessation of all US piano manufacturing so their factories could be used for the war effort. Baldwin factories were used to manufacture plywood components for various aircraft, including the Aeronca PT-23 trainer and the stillborn Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan cargo aircraft.
First Wurlitzer shipped to the UK 2 Manual, 6 Rank instrument bought and installed for around £3,900. Shipped via Southampton Docks , opened end of January 1925 by Jack Courtnay . In run-up to World War 2, Wilfred Gregory became resident organist.
Rembert Wurlitzer Co. was a distinguished firm in New York City that specialized in fine musical instruments and bows. Rembert Rudolph Wurlitzer (1904–1963), violin expert and a grandson of the founder of Cincinnati’s Wurlitzer Co. (pianos, organs, jukeboxes), bowed out of the family firm in 1949 to found Manhattan's Rembert Wurlitzer Co., which has bought, sold, authenticated and or ...
Unknown Year, American Treasure Tour Collection, Oaks, PA # 103: 1931 PTC Carousel, Idlewild Park, Ligonier, PA (facade made by Artizan, nicknamed "The Wurlitzan"), alongside a Wurlitzer Caliola (see above), alternatively playing a roll on one organ, then playing the other organ while the first one rewinds
Key personnel left the company and the arrangement fell apart in 1964. The rights to the Martin trademark were taken over by Wurlitzer, and the Martin factory became a division of Wurlitzer in Elkhart. Wurlitzer eventually discontinued production of saxophones and sold low-quality saxophones made by Malerne as "The Martin".