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Record, Vinyl, seven inch, thirty three and a third RPM of tunes played on a Wurlitzer 4037 Organ with Orbit III Synthesizer. In 1919, the DeKalb, Illinois Division of the Wurlitzer Company was born, and it became the exclusive source of Wurlitzer, building grand pianos, augmenting the production of upright and player pianos at the Wurlitzer North Tonawanda, New York Division to consolidate piano production, Wurlitzer transferred all piano manufacturing operations to DeKalb , ILL. in 1935. Since that time, Wurlitzer pianos have come from DeKalb in a steady flow except during World War II, when the entire plant converted to war production. Recently, a majestic grand piano came off the modern Wurlitzer production line with serial number 1,000,000, the millionth piano to be built in DeKalb, Illinois. Recently, a majestic grand piano came off the modern Wurlitzer production line. The millionth piano to be built in DeKalb, Illinois. Monty Hall, emcee of a popular TV show, in 1968 presented a couple with that One Millionth Wurlitzer Piano which was won on his show. This information was found in the Mid Week Newspaper, published by the DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, Illinois, October, 2018 |
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2018.053.126 |
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Wurlitzer Company Manufacture Organ Piano Music Record |
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Dia-7 inches |
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DeKalb |