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<strong>Mechanical</strong> Music Registry Project<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>Company</strong> <strong>Database</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Indexed by Model and Further Sorted by Serial Number<br />
Monday, September 02, 2013<br />
Originating data for this listing collected and compiled by Art Reblitz<br />
Copyright © 2013 by <strong>Mechanical</strong> Music Press, et, al. - All Rights Reserved<br />
Total items listed in this report: 92<br />
Style Notes:<br />
1. A tilde (~) in the piano serial number field represents a missing or unknown number.<br />
Brand S/N Model/Style Case Finish<br />
Year Mfd. Stack #<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 159121<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: No xylophone or Selectra.<br />
A<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 161264<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 158329<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
A<br />
B<br />
1925<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 158332 B<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg; Hammers dated February 26, 1924.<br />
Instrumentation: 25-note xylophone made by Liberty Chime/Kohler-Liebich, plays from G through G.<br />
Stack Type: Simplex stack with xylophone setoff pallets on flanged fingers.<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 158829<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
B<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 158901 B<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg; Hammers dated May 18, 1924.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
Comments: Xylophone from a different <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>, perhaps a style G or O Xylo valves are all in one row, with lock and cancel<br />
mechanism.<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 160093 B<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
Comments: No xylophone softener.<br />
1925<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162300<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
B<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162352<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
B<br />
Oak<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162360<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
B<br />
1926<br />
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<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162767<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
B<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164252 B<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
Comments: Selectra mechanism missing.<br />
Oak<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164265<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164266<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164399<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
B<br />
B<br />
B<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165511 B<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: Emerson motor 73610DQ Serial 585243.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165569 B<br />
Instrumentation: Originally made without a xylophone.<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 166388<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
Comments: Might be 166888.<br />
B<br />
Mahogany<br />
1928<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 158675<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 158853<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 159492 C<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Tall keyboardless case extension, with small Seeburg H style statues, drums, accordion, external coin box added.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 159574 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: Emerson motor M86585.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 159830 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Doors replaced with one large panel.<br />
1924<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 159883<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 160849 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Originally located in Cleveland, OH.<br />
1925<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
161542<br />
C<br />
1925<br />
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<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 161542<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 161640<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 161762<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162003<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162211<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
C<br />
C<br />
C<br />
C<br />
1925<br />
1925<br />
1925<br />
1926<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162214 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Now has piano from Seeburg L 166048.<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162983<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
Comments: Previously owned by Alden Scott Boyer, then by Al Svoboda, who placed it in the "Mahogany Room," and then in the<br />
"Chuckwagon Buffet" in Svoboda's Nickelodeon Tavern.<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163115<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163678 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg; End of main action rail 548901; end of hammer rail 189A; no date on hammers.<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163730 C<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: Nameplate: "<strong>Western</strong> Automatic Music Co., 5534 Winthrop Ave., Sunnyside 8406, Chicago"<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163749<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164060<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
C<br />
1926<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164277 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Roll Mechanism: Spoolbox #1800, stamped into top of right hand side plate.<br />
Other Attributes: Emerson motor 548743 Style 73610 DV.<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164347 C<br />
Quartered Oak<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: <strong>Piano</strong> with mandolin attachment.<br />
Coin Entry: Stamped entry with hole in side.<br />
Art Glass: Standard geometric glass with opalescent, chipped glass, and beveled glass over tracker bar area.<br />
Comments: Emerson motor # S45811, 73610DQ. Located in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Offered on ebay in August of 2012, at the<br />
following link:<br />
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1927-<strong>Western</strong>-<strong>Electric</strong>-Seeburg-Coin-Operated-Player-<strong>Piano</strong>-<br />
/330785311429pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d04574ac5<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164347 C<br />
1927<br />
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<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164350<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164745<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
C<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164787 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: Emerson motor 73610 DV.<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164915<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165101<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
C<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165122 C<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: Emerson motor S83777.<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165235<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165239<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165302<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165314<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 161996<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162192<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
C<br />
C<br />
C<br />
C<br />
Derby<br />
Derby<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
1925<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162228 Derby<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Roll Mechanism: Spoolbox 1541.<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162555<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Poor condition.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164597<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Derby<br />
Derby<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165681 Derby<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Previously displayed at Svoboda's Nickelodeon Tavern, Chicago Heights, IL.<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165717<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Derby<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165761 Derby<br />
1927<br />
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<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165762<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165865<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Derby<br />
Derby<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165912<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Derby<br />
Comments: Has <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> pump, but the piano plate has an added wooden cover with a Seeburg decal over the cast<br />
lettering. Cabinet originally had a typical brass <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> nameplate on the outside. Dog race is belt-driven.<br />
1027<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165967 Derby<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Art Glass: Mirror and reverse painted glass.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162355 G<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone; Chinese tom-tom.<br />
1927<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162696 G<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone, tom tom, snare drum and triangle.<br />
Comments: Previously displayed at Deckers Resort, Deckers, Colorado, which was owned by the mayor of Aspen.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163387 G<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone, Chinese tom-tom, cymbal, snare drum, triangle, mandolin rail.<br />
Comments: Emerson <strong>Electric</strong> motor, No. S47297, Type 73610DV.<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164447<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164075<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
Comments: Keyboard, A rolls.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 161281<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
G<br />
J<br />
O<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
1925<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162701 O<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone, bass drum, cymbal, snare drum, wood block, triangle.<br />
Other Attributes: Emerson motor S49232.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164437<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Similar to KT Special.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165332<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Instrumentation of KT Special.<br />
O<br />
O<br />
1926<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165528 O<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
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Comments: Comparable to Seeburg KT Special.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 161152 S<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: Keyboard style Selectra, no extra instruments.<br />
1925<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162252 S<br />
Golden Oak<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: <strong>Piano</strong>, with mandolin attachment.<br />
Stack Type: Late 2-tier Seeburg stack.<br />
Art Glass: Same as pictured in Bowers' Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instsruments.<br />
Other Attributes: While rebuilding a valve box a penciled date of 10-8-25 was found inside.<br />
Comments: Emerson motor. Former known owners: Adrien Bezdechi of Player <strong>Piano</strong> House, Portland, OR; Farrell's Ice Cream<br />
Parlor; private party. The Selectra dial and knob are missing, but the rest of the mechanism is still in place. The coin chute was<br />
removed and replaced by a larger one in a new location on the front panel. The instrument is in mostly original condition and<br />
presently being restored.<br />
Owner: Floyd Chamberlain (reported 6/30/2012)<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162933<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
S<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163892 S<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: Ornamental cast iron plug covering Selectra hole.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 691 Selectraphone<br />
Comments: Nameplate: <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>Company</strong>, Chicago, Ill.<br />
Oak<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 1405 Selectraphone<br />
Other Attributes: Rock-Ola Model J amplifier, serial number 2447; lift-out, and possibly non-original. Radio chassis nameplate:<br />
0753406 BO.<br />
Comments: Combination coin phonograph and radio.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 158987 X<br />
Oak<br />
1924<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg; Action dated 1924.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone; converted to play G rolls, with added wood block, tambourine, triangle and cymbal.<br />
Stack Type: Seeburg stack (late, 2‐tier).<br />
Art Glass: Green and pink with clear chipped textured and beveled glass.<br />
Comments: First coin piano owned by Art Reblitz. The cabinet is 64" high with the casters, 23" deep, and 46-3/4" wide.<br />
Owner: John Brothers (reported 3/05/2011)<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 162280<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
X<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163113<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
X<br />
Oak<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163171 X<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg; Date stamped on piano hammers: "N 14 1926"<br />
Instrumentation: <strong>Piano</strong>, mandolin attachment, and standard xylophone (see comments).<br />
Art Glass: Beveled art glass.<br />
Comments: <strong>Piano</strong> hammer date stamp is only on two original (removed and in my possession) hammers (19 and 20). An inked line<br />
may represent a portion of a "U" prior to the "N," but cannot confirm. The rest of the date is inked clearly and boldly. Full<br />
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estoration by D.C. Ramey, 12/2011-05/2012. David Ramey Jr. installed a simple device on the xylophone that mechanically keeps<br />
the reiterating pallet valves from working when you want it to play single stroke. When it moves back out of the way, the<br />
xylophone reiterates as usual.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163339<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
X<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 163989 X<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Other Attributes: No xylophone or tune selector; Emerson motor S49386 Type 73610DV NP 159.<br />
Comments: Originally owned by Edward Wurdeman, Minneapolis, MN.<br />
1926<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164202<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
Comments: No Selectra.<br />
X<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164332 X<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: No xylophone or selector.<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164446 X<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Never had a xylophone.<br />
Comments: Spoolbox number 2269.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164456 X<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Comments: Converted to G rolls with added percussion. Displayed at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, NH.<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 164626<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
Comments: No Selectra.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165431<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Instrumentation: Xylophone.<br />
X<br />
X<br />
1927<br />
1927<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> 165484 X<br />
<strong>Piano</strong> Mfr: Seeburg.<br />
Coin Switch: Coin accumulator missing.<br />
Other Attributes: Holtzer-Cabot motor 5719 50.<br />
1927<br />
End of <strong>Report</strong> - Total items listed in this report: 92<br />
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