Coin Slot Magazine - #028 - 1977 - May [International Arcade Museum]
45 rpm's and 33 1/3 rpm-lp records.
By 1962 Wurlitzer had pro
duced 500,000 coin-operated machines alone.
A long-sought-after engineering feat was finally achieved in 1963.
Model 2800 was a machine that made possible the playing of "Little
LP's".
March 16, 1966 was a date of special ceremonies. Wurlitzer had
been listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Keith Funston, Pres
ident of the Exchange, sold the first 100 shares to R. C. Rolf ing.
That same year marked a distinct increase of Wurlitzer facilities,
when they acquired Summers & Sons, established in 1870. This
purchase included six retail stores located in Columbus, Newark,
Chillocothe, Jackson, Portsmouth, and Washington Court House,
Ohio.
In 1967 they set up a European sales subsidiary in Livorno,
Italy. By 1968 Wurlitzer retail stores totaled 38.
°ln March 1970 construction began in Logan, Utah for a new plant
for manufacture, warehousing, and distribution of Wurlitzer products.
And in North Tonawanda the headquarters were set up for a Corpo
rate Engineering and Research Organization.
This was a major step
toward all phases of engineering coordination and marketing.
One year later Wurlitzer introduced the model 4037 organ which
embodied the Orbit III synthesizer. This was the world's first per
forming synthesizer; and its debut in New York and Germany is a
tremendous success.
Then on April 12, 1973, Wurlitzer introduced the Nostalgic 1050
model jukebox at a Press Party in the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
It was a composite re-creation of the famed Wurlitzer music machine
of the late '40's pop music era. This was to become the last jukebox
made by the Wurlitzer Co. Although they still produce their other
products, they have ceased production of jukeboxes. The demand
for them just is not as great anymore. The Wurlitzer Company has
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Information contained in this article has been supplied
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