Wurltzer Orgatron
date: label: date made
content: 1952
name: label: maker
content: Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This organ was made by The Rudolf Wurlitzer Company in North Tonowanda, New York, in 1952. It is an electrostratic reed organ, known as an Orgatron, model 4600, serial #18421.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument was developed in 1934 and manufactured by Everett Piano Company from 1935 to 1941. The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company secured the patents from Everett in 1945. Wurlitzer produced these instruments and retained the Everett names on some models from 1945 to 1947. Orgatrons continued to be produced into the early 1960s.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Tonawanda
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Organs
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nathalie A. and Victor I. Zuck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0035.01
label: serial number
content: 18421
label: model number
content: 4600
label: accession number
content: 1994.0035
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0035.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: organ
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: organ: 40 1/2 in x 51 7/8 in x 42 in; 102.87 cm x 131.7625 cm x 106.68 cm