Herbert Vincent Newspaper Articles
Herbert Vincent "master fixer" newspaper article dated 1953.
Herbert Vincent "master fixer" article in the Los Angeles Examiner, Sunday insert, dated 1953. He is shown working on what appears to be a rebuilt de-Kleist-Wurlitzer band organ, fitted out with late style Wurlitzer unit valves. Some of the yet un-mounted vales can be seen sitting on the thin wooden slat resting upon the top of the Wurlitzer duplex roll mechanism.

Herbert Vincent newspaper article, circa 1963.
This newspaper article about Herbert N. Vincent, and his broad automatic mechanical music skills, appeared in the Long Beach Press on July 2, 1963.
Obituary for Hebert N. Vincent, August, 1966.
Obituary for Herbert N. Vincent, August, 1966. While the closing
text states the Herbert Vincent's grandson, John N. Duckworth,
Marguerite (Vincent) Duckworth's oldest son, would be carrying
on the business, he was already a very busy advertising agent
for the Coca Cola Company, and so he did not have the free
time necessary to keep it going. However, Ray Thomas did
have the time, and he did carry on the restoration business
for several years, until he could no longer afford to do so.

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