Throughout the 1990s, the following piano brands were produced and owned by the Wurlitzer name: Apollo, Julius Bauer, Melville Clark, De Kalb, Farney, Kingston, Student Butterfly Clavichord, Kurtzmann, Merriam, Schaff Bros., Spinette Strad and Underwood. Many instruments were imported from Europe and sold under the Wurlitzer company name.īy 1914, when Rudolph Wurlitzer died, the company footprint had expanded across the United States, with factories for building vertical pianos in North Tonawanda, NY, and grand pianos in de Kalb, Illinois. Well in the 1900s, Wurlitzer Company was known for the variety of instruments they sold, including pianos, organs, jukeboxes, melodeons and more. Dating back to the 17th century, the Wurlitzer family history started with Hans Andreas Wurlitzer, a renowned violin maker. The Wurlitzer Company was established in 1856 by Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer, who started the business from a long family foundation of instrument making. Piano production by Wurlitzer began in 1880 in the Wurlitzer factory in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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