Category:Popper & Company

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References[edit]

  • Q. David Bowers. "Popper & Company - A Musical Dynasty" (pdf). The Music Box 5 (7): 324–330. The Musical Box Society of Great Britain.
    "​ Popper & Co. was founded around 1891 by Hugo Popper, a native of Austria. In partnership with Hugo Spangenberg, Popper set up a business of selling musical products made by other companies. ",
    "​ One of Polyphone's main export agents was Popper. ... / Another extremely profitable agency was that of distributing instruments made by G. Racca of Bologna, Italy. ... By the year 1900 Popper's line had expanded to include just about every type of automatic musical instrument from cylinder and disc-type music boxes to large orchestrions. ... Some were made by other manufacturers, and others were made by the Popper firm itself in factory facilities in Leipzig. Most Popper instruments were assigned fanciful names rather than model numbers (Although model numbers were sometimes also gievn). ",
    "​ At an early date Popper secured the German sales agency for M. Welte & Sons of Freiburg. ... Welte was, of course, one of the world's leading manufacturers of orchestrions and, later, was responsible for the world's first reproducing piano – the Welte-Mignon. In the development of this later instrument Hugo Popper played an important part. ... (in 1910) Hugo Popper died, and as might be expected, his contribution to the early success of the instrument was forgotten. ... Around 1910–1914 Popper advertised the “Stella” reproducing piano. ... ",
    "​ Another “mystery” instrument ... is the curiously-named “Animochord” advertised in 1907 by Popper as being a “string orchestrion” with a “horse hair bowing mechanism”. Perhaps Paul Daehne was speaking of this or a similar instrument when he wrote in 1910 that: “By means of another invention Hugo Popper helped to create one's dreams. This instrument has a violin and mandolin with a piano accompaniment. ... This was Popper's last achievement!” ... Around 1929 a new type of Popper violin player came on the market. The “Konzertist with real violin” made its appearance. ... This new entry soon had its name changed to the more catchy-sounding “Violinovo”. Made in several case designs, the Violinovo was heavily advertised in Germany in 1930 and 1931. ... ",
    "​... As a result only a few different types of rolls were made for use on dozens of different orchestrion models ... Popper innovations used on its orchestrions were many. The Triplex was a cartridge-type roll mechanism which stored three rolls and which could be easily snapped in and out of place. Even more versatile was a ten-roll magazine device which featured ten different music selections arranged on a vertical rack. ... Most Popper orchestrions known today have essentially the same type of instrumentation: Piano, mandolin attachment (of the curtain type), xylophone bells, bass and snare drums, cymbal and triangle. In addition a rank of string-toned pipes furnishes the musical effects of violin, viola, and cello. ... ",
    "​ During the 1920's a popular type of instrument was the Popper's “Welt Piano” with jazz band attachment. Most of these consisted of a keyboard type piano with mandolin. Mounted on top was a “jazz band aufsatz” (literally, jazz band top) which contained percussion effects, ... Still other model models incorporated a phonograph or a phonograph and radio. Instruments of this last type were designated as the “Phonoradio Combination.” ... The Swanee Whistle, a device patented in 1924 featured a mechanical slide whistle ... ",
    "​ In the early 1930's the doors of the great Popper firm closed forever. "

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