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Charles Smallwood Collection
By Ed Gaida

I have posted four photographs of the Charles Smallwood Collection to
my homepage.  They were taken in 1973 and show a few of the machines
that he had in his "basement":

    http://www.txdirect.net/~egaida/

In researching the model numbers of the pianos pictured, I used the
auction catalog for reference.  The following instruments and their
serial numbers were offered in the sale.

  Wurlitzer # 291681
  Berry-Wood # 6566
  Chicago Electric Model EL 2  #187405
  Wurlitzer Style I  #22252
  Seeburg Model E  #53868
  Nelson-Wiggen  #110186
  Seeburg Style X  #160723
  Howard  #137720
  Armstrong Player w/Wurlitzer Front #74363
  Cremona Style 3  #117769
  Seeburg Style E  #34505
  Chicago Electric #189214
  Wurlitzer Style I  #66927
  Seeburg Style E  #11431
  Berry-Wood  #5698
  Empress Electric  #32738
  Wurlitzer Style I  23802
  Berry-Wood  #5976
  Coinola Style X  #155892
  Coinola Model C2  #280929
  Cremona Model 3  #117634
  Western Electric #161152
  Cremona Style G  #10409
  Seeburg Style X  #54588
  National Automatic Music Co.  (No Serial Number)
  Seeburg Style F  #9116
  Wurlitzer Style CX  #17566
  Coinola  #282079
  Peerless Elite  #53684
  Seeburg Style E  #157152
  Western Electric Model C  #164350
  Chicago Electric Style K  #164996
  Coinola "Cupid"  #8623
  Seeburg Style E  #157300
  Western Electric  #161281
  Seeburg Style E  #158524
  Coinola Style X  #165021
  Wurlitzer Style CX  #20952
  Wurlitzer Style SA  #22399
  Seeburg Model G  #82856
  Seeburg Model J  #8858
  Seeburg Model KT  #158494
  Wurlitzer Model A-X  (No Serial Number)
  Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina Ronish, Model B

Various coin piano parts, art glass, motors, roll frames and over
997 coin piano rolls were part of the huge sale.

Ed Gaida


(Message sent Sun 5 Apr 1998, 16:31:56 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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