Keyed reed organs
Keyed reed organs were manufactured in the 1940s and early 1950s. When you press a key, air hits the reed and makes it vibrate. The vibrations are turned into an electrical signal via the electrostatic pickup.
Wurlitzer’s keyed reed organs were generally superseded by their free reed organs, which began manufacture in the early 1950s.
Models of keyed reed organs (and their initial year of manufacture) include:
5, 20, 21, 25, 25G (1945)
30, 31 (1946)
45, 46, 50 (1947)
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