Wurlitzer Electric Piano
date: label: Date made
content: 1972-1973
label: date made
content: 1974
label: date made
content: 1974-1978
name: label: maker
content: Wurlitzer Company
notes: label: Description
content: This electric piano was made by the Wurlitzer Company, in Dekalb, Illinois, likely around 1978. It is model 200A serial #129394L, and has 2 control knobs: volume and vibrato, plastic lid, vinyl-covered wood case, and 4 detachable chrome-plated tapered legs. The "L" serial number designation indicates that this piano was manufactured in Wurlitzer's Logan, Utah plant. This model, 200A, continued in production into 1980.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Illinois, De Kalb
topic: label: Subject
content: Blacks
label: Subject
content: Jazz
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
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content: Pianos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edward K. and Gaye Ellington in memory of their grandfather "Duke" Ellington
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0148.01
label: serial number
content: 129394L
label: model number
content: 200A
label: accession number
content: 1999.0148
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0148.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 98 cm x 48 cm; 7 1/16 in x 38 9/16 in x 18 7/8 in