| In the beginning..... |
| 1900 - Christian Steidinger started the "Gerbruder Steidinger" company while |
| manufacturing parts for spring wound motors in St. Georgen, Germany. |
| 1906 - Due to technological advances in the St. Georgen company, it was |
| decided to fabricate complete spring wound motor assemblies. |
| 1908 - The first DUAL spring wound motor is presented at the Leipzig, Germany |
| fair. |
| 1909 - Eighty employees fabricate 80,000 motors per month. The era of the |
| Gramophone is ushered in! |
| 1927 - 1,500 gramophone motors are leaving the factory daily! |
| The "Gebrueder Steidinger" company changes its name to DUAL. This |
| name change reflected the technology that was developed by Gebrueder |
| Steidinger for use in its gramophones. These gramophones were |
| literally DUAL powered, you could use them outside on "wind up" power, |
| or if you were inside and had electricity available you could just plug it in! |
| It had two motors, one electric and the other spring loaded built in. These |
| motors were sold in the United States under the name of the "Dollar Motor" |