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Type-of-Piano = Upright
Piano-Brand = Wurlitzer
Other-Name =
Model = Spinet
Serial-Number = 388928
Approximate-Age = 56 YEARS
Size-Height = 3 '
Size-Length = 4' 5.5 "
All-Notes-Work? = Yes
Is-This-a-Player-Piano? = No
Wood-Finish-Color = Dark Brown
Wood-Finish-Polish = Satin - Shiny, but not mirror-like
Wood-or-Veneer = Mahogany
Cabinet-Style = Plain
Piano's-Condition = Average Condition - average wear & tear for its age
Other-Comments = Keys, cabinet, mechanisim in beautiful shape.  Needs tuned, but great tone. Also has matching bench


TYPE OF PIANO:
Wurlitzer Spinet Upright

DATE OF MANUFACTURE ACCORDING TO SERIAL NUMBER:
1949

AGE OF PIANO AS OF 2005:
56 years

CURRENT APPRAISAL:
$700 - $800 (U.S. Dollars)

REPLACEMENT VALUE OF SIMILAR NEW PIANO:
Not applicable for this brand. Wurlitzer upright pianos are no longer in production.

MANUFACTURER:
Wurlitzer was established in 1856 by Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer in New York. He started out by importing German pianos. The first Wurlitzer piano was built in 1881 at their factory in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Wurlitzer had factories in DeKalb, Illinois Tonawanda, NY and Corinth, Miss. Other names controlled by Wurlitzer have included: Apollo, Artola, Julius Bauer & Company, Melville Clark, De Kalb, Farney, Kingston, Student Butterfly, Clavichord, Kurtzmann, Merriam, Milner, Schaff Brothers, Spinette Strad and Underwood. In 1985 Wurlitzer purchased the Chickering name. In 1995, Wurlitzer & Chickering was sold to Baldwin, and manufacturing resumed at the Baldwin plants. In the late 1980s to 1996 Wurlitzer had a line of uprights and grands manufactured by Korean firm, Young Chang; also a J & C Fischer (and later Kranich & Bach) line of uprights made in China by the Beijing Piano Co. By 1996 production of Wurlitzer grands were being manufactured by Samick in Korea. In 2001, the Baldwin, Chickering and Wurlitzer names were purchased by the Gibson musical instrument company. Wurlitzer upright pianos were then discontinued.