I was in Germany last week and I saw a few WurliTzer cigarette machines
in the airport, and I wondered if Wurlitzer was, in fact, a German
company or is it American?

Damon Atchison
Damon66@juno.com

 [ Rudolph Wurlitzer, a German immigrant, began selling musical
 [ instruments in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856; The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
 [ was incorporated in 1890 as an American company.  (This information
 [ from "Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments", by Q. David
 [ Bowers, Vestal Press 1972.)
 [
 [ I don't know if the cigarette vending machine you saw is a product of
 [ the American Wurlitzer firm.  Note that the big 'T' is used only in
 [ the logo of the product; it shouldn't be used when referring to the
 [ Wurlitzer company or the family name.  -- Robbie