What comes to my mind about Wurlitzer, is some of the great concert organs they made. Here is a sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06zSBqVWDXw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxEM-2Ite4&feature=related John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Speaking of Wurlitzer..... Terry Farrell wrote: > Has Wurlitzer found its true calling? They also made player harps, and later juke boxes too. Schultz, a maker of player mechanisms, went on to pneumatically operated typewriters, and is still in business, I think, making pneumatic machinery of various sorts. Edward Link, meanwhile, used two geared together (player, attached photo) pneumatic roll drive motors to operate the Link Flight Trainer used in WWII. Jack probably can do six hours worth of this without notes. Ron N
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