Maker/Dealer
Emil Wulschner & Son
Indianapolis, IN
USA
1879 - 1914
1876 Emil Wulschner (1847-1900) marries widow Flora
Stewart, who was finishing her music studies in Munich,
and moves with her to Indianapolis. He is listed in the
1876 city directory as William E. Wulschner, teacher of
German
1877 Emil Wulschner, clerk for Albert Gall, carpets & wallpaper
1878 E.W., clerk for Henry Benham music store, #36 E. Wash.
1879 E.W., pianos, organs & musical merchandise, #44 N. Penn.
1880 Flora is working as a music teacher
1884 now at #42 & 44 N. Pennsylvania Ave., music & inst.
1888 Wulschner becomes sole US importer for Boosey brass
instruments
1893 now Emil Wulschner & Son, #42-44 N. Penn. with stepson
Alexander M. Stewart (1867-?)
1896 start producing guitars and mandolins under the ‘Regal’
name which is later sold to Lyon & Healy
1897 now at #78-80 N. Penn.
1897 now at #128-130 N. Penn.
1900 Emil dies in April and the company is formed as
Wulschner-Stewart Music Co. with Flora as president and
Alexander as VP & manager, #128-130 N. Penn.
1909 Flora dies and Alexander becomes the company president;
they move to #229-231 N. Penn.
1913 W-S Music Co. is now run by William Woodley; Alexander
starts the A.M. Stewart Realty Co.
1914 last year that W-S Music Co. is listed
1916 Alexander starts the Stewart Talking Machine Co., with his
two sons, which survives into the 1920s
1930 Stewart is back to just selling real estate
Brass instruments can be dated with the bell marking. ‘Emil
Wulschner’ = 1879-1892; ‘E. Wulschner & Son’ = 1893-
1900; ‘Wulschner-Stewart Music Co.’ = 1900-1914.
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