ABSTRACT
A record issued by the Bridgeport Die and Machine Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, ca. 1922, apparently sold in chain stores and/or by mail order; Paramount masters were used. [Rust 1978.]
A label available before 1942 in the U.S., named for the New York recording engineer who manufactured it. One known area of interest was Haitian music. There was a likely connection with the Varsity label. [Blacker 1981/7.]
A firm established in Cincinnati as D.H. Baldwin & Co. in 1873 by Dwight Hamilton Baldwin (1821-1899) and his partner Lucien Wulsin (1845-1912). It became one of the great international piano makers, winner of numerous prizes at expositions. During the player-piano era, Baldwin was active and successful in the manufacture of players and reproducing pianos. Among the brands and models listed in a 1926 directory were the Manualo (winner of the grand prize at the London Exposition of 1914 as “the playerpiano with the human touch”), which appeared as the Baldwin Manualo, Ellington Manualo, Hamilton Manualo, and Howard Manualo; the Monarch, the St. Regis, and the Modello.
