[Jukebox-list] Another "pneumi" on eBay!

[Bob Ellingson]

At 01:11 PM 6/5/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Bob,
>  I have been "told" that "Western Electric Piano Company" was always a
"Seeburg Company". In fact, they were produced in the same factory. I have
been told that the office entrance to "WEPCO" was on the back or side of the
Seeburg factory--but they shared the same production line and shipping dock.
Also have been told that the word "Piano" was part of the company name, to
avoid problems with AT&T. Don't know how true the above is ( Seeburg also
purchased "Eastern Electric Co", much later--they made the cig.
machines)--Ron Rich

So it's no relation to the Western Electric that made tubes and amplifiers,
eh?  I guess that's why they used an Operadio amplifier, then!

--Bob
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