Musical Instruments

"The Menace of Mechanical Music,” Appleton’s Magazine

“The Menace of Mechanical Music,” Appleton’s Magazine, Sep. 1906.

The birthplace of the Wurlitzer Company: the Cincinnati Masonic Building, 1856.

Created By: Gemünder, Martin August Publisher: 1899. Reprint. New York: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

William Knabe & Company Piano Factory, ca. 1873

Upon their arrival in Baltimore, all four Potthast brothers immediately found work at the Knabe Piano Factory, which had been…

William Steinway: Wo er war in Seesen und New York - Eine Spurensuche

Created By: Stroschein, Dirk Publisher: Seesen: Freundkreis Städtisches Museum Seesen, e.V., 2013

Wurlitzer Cincinnati Store, 1904

Wurlitzer Company Organizational Chart

Wurlitzer Company Records, 1860-1984

Created By: Wurlitzer Company Publisher: The Archives Center of the National Museum of American History

Wurlitzer drum production

Manufacturing drums for the Spanish American War, 1898.

Wurlitzer Factory

The Wurlitzer factory in North Tonawanda, New York, ca 1964.

Wurlitzer Instrument Repair Department

A corner of the musical instrument Repair Department of the Wurlitzer Cincinnati store, 1898.

Wurlitzer Jukeboxes and Other Nice Things 1934-1974

Created By: Adams, Frank Publisher: Seattle: AMR Pub. Co., 1983

Wurlitzer Tonophone

Wurlitzer, Rudolph

Rudolph Wurlitzer established a substantial music trade and manufacturing company, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, which sold a wide range of goods, including musical instruments for marching bands, violins, harps, and pianos.

Zwischen Kleinstadt und Weltmarkt: Hohner und die Harmonika 1857–1961. Unternehmensgeschichte als Gesellschaftsgeschichte

Created By: Berghoff, Hartmut Publisher: Paderborn: Schöningh, 1997