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Value of a Wurlitzer Solo Violin Piano?
By Bill Trefts

What value could be assigned to a Wurlitzer Solo Violin Piano?  There
were 125 of them built in the late 1920s.  The last I heard there are
only five left in existence.

This one is a nickelodeon that has (I believe) a reproducing player
system, with a rank of violin pipes in the back of the cabinet behind
swell shades.  The rolls play from a ferris-wheel changer.

As to its condition, let's just call it a "barn find."  Pot metal parts
have become artsy, free-flowing objects.  The electric motor and
flexible  shaft are missing.

Also, what value would original rolls for these machines have?

Bill Trefts


(Message sent Fri 5 Aug 2011, 13:52:41 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Piano, Solo, Value, Violin, Wurlitzer

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