Maker
Gulbransen
American piano and home organ maker
Gulbransen was an American maker of pianos and home and theatre organs, established in 1904 in Chicago by Axel Gulbransen. After early fame for player pianos, the company became a leader in electronic home organs, introducing what it billed as the world's first all-transistor organ in 1957 and a series of home and theatre organ innovations through the 1960s.
Models
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Gulbransen Rialto
Organ · United States
The Gulbransen Rialto (Model K) was the company's best-known electronic organ and is regarded as the first electronic theatre organ. Designed to recreate the sound of a Wurlitzer-style theatre pipe organ, it used two auxiliary Leslie rotating speakers rather than an internal amplifier and speaker system.
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Organs
Acoustic, electric, and electronic organs and organ model families.
Representative model
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Gulbransen Rialto
Organ · United States
The Gulbransen Rialto (Model K) was the company's best-known electronic organ and is regarded as the first electronic theatre organ. Designed to recreate the sound of a Wurlitzer-style theatre pipe organ, it used two auxiliary Leslie rotating speakers rather than an internal amplifier and speaker system.