Emil Wulschner & Son
Indianapolis, IN
USA
1879-1914
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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
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1876 city directory as William E. Wulschner, teacher of
German
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1877 Emil Wulschner, clerk for Albert Gall, carpets & wallpaper
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1878 E.W., clerk for Henry Benham music store, #36 E. Wash.
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1879 E.W., pianos, organs & musical merchandise, #44 N. Penn.
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1880 Flora is working as a music teacher
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1884 now at #42 & 44 N. Pennsylvania Ave., music & inst.
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1888 Wulschner becomes sole US importer for Boosey brass
instruments
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1893 now Emil Wulschner & Son, #42-44 N. Penn. with stepson
Alexander M. Stewart (1867-?)
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1896 start producing guitars and mandolins under the ‘Regal’
name which is later sold to Lyon & Healy
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1897 now at #78-80 N. Penn.
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1897 now at #128-130 N. Penn.
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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.
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1909 Flora dies and Alexander becomes the company president;
they move to #229-231 N. Penn.
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1913 W-S Music Co. is now run by William Woodley; Alexander
starts the A.M. Stewart Realty Co.
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1914 last year that W-S Music Co. is listed
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1916 Alexander starts the Stewart Talking Machine Co., with his
two sons, which survives into the 1920s
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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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