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Herbert Wurlitzer

Author: contragirl
Date: 2004-07-28 03:12

I am wondering what other "Wurlitzer" brand clarinets there are out there. When I look on line for just "Wurlitzer clarinet," I find a whole bunch that don't seem to be the Herbert Wurlitzer clarinets. So, is there a crappy old Wurlitzer brand that is different than the good Herbert Wurlitzer brand, or are they the same brand?

--Contragirl

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Re: Herbert Wurlitzer

Author: javier garcia m
Date: 2004-07-28 13:32

AFAIK there are
Clemens Wurlitzer
Dieter Wurlitzer
Herbert Wurlitzer
Paul Wurlitzer
as clarinet makers.

Clemens has its own web-site
http://www.clemens-wurlitzer-klarinetten.de/

Maybe they all are members of the same parent "dinasty"

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Re: Herbert Wurlitzer

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2004-07-28 15:08

The 'crappy old" Wurlitzer which contragirl is referring to was the American Wurlitzer company (I believe they were better known for their electronic organs) in Elkhart, Indiana, who for a while in the 70s marketed Vito soprano and harmony clarinets under the Wurlitzer name. I played a Wurlitzer-branded Vito bass clarinet in high school. Not 'crappy' at all --- just Vito! These appear frequently on eBay, and of course have nothing to do with any of the German Wurlitzers.

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Re: Herbert Wurlitzer

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-07-28 20:13

David -

The Mighty Wurlitzer was anything but an electronic organ. It was a gigantic pipe organ, which lived in every upscale movie theater before talkies. See http://theatreorgans.com/ny/north.tonawanda/riviera_wurly.htm and http://theatreorgans.com/ny/north.tonawanda/riviera_wurly_stops.htm.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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Re: Herbert Wurlitzer

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2004-07-28 21:11

Ken,
Thanks for the correction --- I shoulda knowed bettah! (And I even have a friend who grew up in North Tonawanda....)

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