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Wurlitzer, starting around 1900 until circa 1935 produced nickelodeon pianos, or coin pianos, which are electrically operated player pianos that take coins to operate, like a jukebox. The company produced various models of nickelodeons, such as the early Wurlitzer Mandolin Quartette – Wurlitzer's alternative to the Regina Sublima Piano.
The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from 1954 to 1983. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptually similar to the Rhodes piano, though the sound is different.
1942 Wurlitzer 950 – 75–90 known to exist; valued at US$35,000 [4] 1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 [15] – Called the "1015 bubbler", it offered 24 selections. More than 56,000 were sold in less than two years. Considered a pop culture icon, it was designed by Paul Fuller. [4]
The Rudolph Wurlitzer company, to whom Robert Hope-Jones licensed his name and patents, was the most well-known manufacturer of theatre organs, and the phrase Mighty Wurlitzer became an almost generic term for the theatre organ. After some major disagreements with the Wurlitzer management, Robert Hope-Jones committed suicide in 1914.
The Mighty Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra console, from the Nethercutt Collection, showing four manuals and colour-coded stop tabs. The configuration of the Castro Theatre's current hybrid organ is similar. The new console will have seven manuals which is designed so that every key can be reached while performing.
A Wurlitzer model 112 electric piano with a guitar amplifier.. An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into electrical signals by pickups (either magnetic, electrostatic, or piezoelectric).
1917 Circus World Museum - Baraboo, Wisconsin (serial #3030) only coin operated Wurlitzer 165 in the country. 1918 American Treasure Tour Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania. (serial #3106) (former West View Park carousel organ) 1918 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California., on its 1911 Looff carousel; modified with MIDI [13] (serial #3124)
In 30 years of playing keyboards I have never heard anyone call it anything other than a "Wurlitzer electric piano" The phrase "Wurlitzer Electronic Piano" is potentially misleading; it implies that the instrument is an electronic rather than an electric piano. The instrument has been out of production for 25 years, and the trademark is seldom ...