The Wertheim pump organ, dating from the late 1800s, embodies a blend of international craftsmanship and Australian entrepreneurship. Manufactured in the United States, often in New York, these reed organs were imported by Hugo Wertheim, a German-born businessman who settled in Melbourne in 1875. Through a practice known as badge engineering, they were rebranded for the local market with labels such as “New York–Wertheim.”
