Talk:Magnus Harmonica Corporation

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Magnus Harmonica Corporation manufactured Chord Organs that were popular in the 1960s. They do not have a reference on Wikipedia. - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixthstar (talk • contribs) 14:50, September 27, 2007

They probably are notable, but the article is lacking in reliable sources demonstrating this. Please add such sources. Darksun 19:58, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of sources, though, is not a valid CSD criteria, so I am removing this tag. Natalie 20:58, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of sources can not be helped as company went out of business 30 years ago without the publish of any books, literature, or merge into another company. Everything added was found on the reference pages and using google, but all of that info was verified with my personal collection first for consistancy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixthstar (talk • contribs) 16:06, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IF you have sources, please refer to WP:CITE to learn how to note these sources. Thereafter, if any editor or admin has questions about those sources, you can work out with them how to go about providing them. - CobaltBlueTony 14:55, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just found & added several more references: book, newspaper, magazine, website. If anyone can find a published source (even an old company brochure) that *confirms* information from inactive user Debb Wel's paragraph below, it'd be great to add some of this to the article. —Patrug (talk) 04:23, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Magnus Organ Corporation, Linden NJ

The Magnus Organ Corporation was founded by Gene Tracey who was CEO of the company through the '60's. He retired and sold the company to an entrepreneur from Long Island who's primary business was playground equipment. After unsuccessfully running the business for about two years and trying to introduce a line of musical instruments including banjos, the company was sold to the owners of World Book Encyclopedia. Although the company's main business was table top and console reed organs, they had an enormous library of organ sheet music to which they owned the publishing and distribution rights. World Book was primarily interested in these rights and closed the company not long after the acquisition. By 1975 the once thriving business was gone. At it's peak, the facility was comprised of five interconnected buildings and employed over 1800 employees during the peak holiday production season. It was a pioneer in the area of flexible work hours, initiating a "mother's shift" which ran from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm weekdays during the peak production season from September to November. Magnus was a unionized facility affiliated with Teamsters Local #97 based in Newark. It was also the first employer to establish a Work Release Program with nearby Rahway State Prison which allowed non-violent inmates to earn money six months prior to their release to assist their families and ease their transition back into society. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Debb Wel (talk • contribs) 21:01, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

External links

Take a look at the external links; should they be removed as per Wikipedia:External links? ~ All is One ~ (talk) 04:12, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Completed. All is One (talk) 18:49, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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