Despite Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer’s death in 1914, the companycarried on and survived the age of the gramophone by introducing thefirst automatic jukebox, the Wurlitzer Simplex.During the 1920’s Wurlitzer acquired the line ofpianos and continued to manufacture the same name of instruments.In1935, Wurlitzer introduced the tradition-breaking spinet piano, provingthat a piano only thirty-nine inches high could replace the bulkyinstruments traditionally produced. In 1880 Wurlitzer began to make pianos, and the companygrew and became particularly well known for military and mechanicalinstruments. He built a piano manufacturing plant in Ohio in 1861, and four yearslater, he opened a retail shop, expanding his distribution across theUnites States.
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