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This is a 1950 magazine advertisement for Gulbransen Spinet Pianos made by Gulbransen Company, Chicago, Illinois. This is the Normandy Model also known as the French provincial.
Gulbransen Company was a musical instrument manufacturer of player pianos and home organs in the United States. It was originally established in 1914 by Axel Gulbransen as Gulbransen Piano Company. Gulbransen made the first upright player piano integrated in the one case, and in 1920s, thousands of player pianos were manufactured by Gulbransen and Dickinson. Around 1950, it was sold to CBS. In 2002, QRS Music Technologies acquired the brand and pianos were made by Samick.
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