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A. L. Crescio, Band Organ Repairman
By Jim Quashnock

I have finally gotten to pulling the main chest apart on the
Wurlitzer 105 band organ I'm rebuilding.  On the bottom board of
the chest I found the following:

  A.L. Crescio
  Leavenworth, Kansas
  April 1937
  at St. Louis MO. for Mr. Sautero

Do the names Crescio or Sautero ring a bell with anyone?  Seems
strange that the instrument, built in 1928 and serviced by Wurlitzer
in 1931, needed repair to the pallets in 1937.

Jim Quashnock

 [ Could the customer's name be Sauter?
 [ Gordon Forcier wrote about A. L. Crescio in 110321 MMDigest.
 [ An advert in The Billboard, Apr 10, 1943, page 39, says:
 [
 [   Band Organs Repaired
 [   A.L. (Tony) Crescio
 [   P.O. Box 231, Leavenworth, Kans.
 [
 [ -- Editor (Robbie)


(Message sent Sat 16 Apr 2011, 17:34:28 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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