Wurlitzer
Founded as “Rudolph Wurlitzer Company” in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1856, Wurlitzer had a long tradition of producing musical instruments including coin operated pianos and theatre organs. When Rudolph’s son Farny Wurlitzer took over he saw that prohibition was ending and jukeboxes would be booming so in 1933 he bought the patents for the so called “Simplex-Mechanism” from Homer E. Capehart and introduced their first jukebox “Debutante” the same year.
Thanks to Paul Fuller, designer from 1938 – 1948 and a great advertisement campaign introducing the musical note “Johnny One Note” in the second half of the 1940s the name Wurlitzer became a synonym for jukeboxes in general and produced many of the most collectable models including the iconic 1015. In 1960 Wurlitzer established a German subsidiary in Hüllhorst who produced jukeboxes from 1961 under the name Deutsche Wurlitzer. The Wurlitzer factory in North Tonawanda suffered with design issues for it’s new mechanism in the early 1970’s and, due somewhat to the success of the German plant, closed its door in 1974. The German subsidiary continued to produce jukeboxes up until 2013, ironically creating their most successful model in the 1980’s, a copy of the 1015 called the ‘One More Time’. Wurlitzer jukeboxes were also produced under license by Notomat in Italy, Casa Riojas and Sonata in Mexico, CA Victor Co. Ltd and Siegel. in Canada, Wurlitzer Automatic Phonograph Co. in Australia and also assembled in Germany by Husemann during the 1950’s.
- Wurlitzer 1400
Year: 1951
Dimensions: W 87.5 cm H 145 cm D 69.5 cm
Type: 45’s – also available on 78’s
Selections: 48
- Wurlitzer 1650
- Wurlitzer 1700
Year: 1954
Dimensions:
Type: 45’s
Selections: 104
- Wurlitzer 1800
Year: 1955
Dimensions: W 82.5 cm H 140 cm D 69.5 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 104
- Wurlitzer 2000
Year: 1956
Dimensions: W 85.5 cm H 141 cm D 71 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer 2100
Year: 1957
Dimensions: W 85.5 cm H 141 cm D 71 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer 2104
Year: 1957
Dimensions: W 85.5 cm H 141 cm D 71 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 104
- Wurlitzer 2150Year: 1957
Dimensions: W 86.5 cm H 144 cm D 70 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer 2204
Year: 1958
Dimensions: W 91.5 cm H 136 cm D 71 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 104
- Wurlitzer 2300Year: 1958
Dimensions: W 86.5 cm H 131 cm D 71 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer 2310Year: 1959
Dimensions: W 86.5 cm H 131 cm D 71 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 100
- Wurlitzer 2710
Year: 1963
Dimensions: W 82 cm H 139.5 cm D 70 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 100
- Wurlitzer 2810
Year: 1964
Dimensions: W 85.5 cm H 133 cm D 70 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 100
- Wurlitzer 3000
Year: 1966
Dimensions: W 89 cm H 136 cm D 68.5 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer 3300
Year: 1969
Dimensions: W 102 cm H 124.5 cm D 62.5 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer 3560
Year: 1971
Dimensions: W 102 cm H 134 cm D 64 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 160
- Wurlitzer 3660Year: 1972
Dimensions: W 102 cm H 133 cm D 64 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 160
- Wurlitzer 3700Year: 1973
Dimensions: W 102 cm H 133 cm D 70cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer Baltic
Year: 1977
Dimensions: W 87 cm H 112 cm D 63 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 160
- Wurlitzer X200
Year: 1979
Dimensions: W 101 cm H 134 cm D 63.5 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 200
- Wurlitzer Silhouette
Year: 1981
Dimensions: W 83.5 cm H 119 cm D 61 cm
Type: 45’s
Selections: 160
- Wurlitzer SL700
- Wurlitzer New York
Year: 1993
Dimensions: W 87 cm H 131 cm D 71 cm
Type: CD
Selections: 200