Horn-u-Copia's Display of Makers

• 1874 twins Anton Henry Nuss and Carl (Charles) William Nuss are born in Dalenburg, Germany on October 26th
• 1886 their father Anton Nuss Jr. emigrates to US
• 1887 the twins & mother Charlotta em. to Williamsport, PA
• 1890 Anton & Carl start working for Henry Distin at 16
• c1893 Carl moves to Philadelphia learning the plating business under John Meadows, a silver-plater at #20 N. 9th St.
• c1894 Anton works two years for J. W. Dyer learning the band instrument trade
• c1895 Carl returns to Distin for a short period
• c1896 Carl moves to Harrisburg to take charge of the Harrisburg Plating & Manufacturing Co., #1315 S. 10th St.
• 1897 Carl establishes his own plating company in Harrisburg
• 1902 Charles Nuss & Co., electro-plating, #320 Market St.; at this time Charles buys out his stockholders and brother Anton joins him to add the band instrument business
• 1903 Nuss Plating Co. has factory inspection
• 1905 Nuss Plating Co. claims 12 years experience (1893)
• 1908 Nuss Plating Co., #320 Market St., Patriot building
• 1909 Charles & Anton receive pat. #912,404 for a drum beater
• 1911 new factory is built at S. Cameron & Mulberry Streets
• 1913 an addition is built to their 3-story factory; Charles is in charge of the plating and Anton is in charge of instruments; they use a satin finish on the instruments with a gold wash inside the bells
• 1916 they are making bayonets for the PA National Guard
• 1922 ad for Nuss Supreme Trombones; makers, repairers and platers of band instruments; 11th & Mulberry St. 1922 In September, it was announced that Nuss Mfg. Co. was to make the Ross Hickernell solo trumpet (patent #1,509,104) but this was later made by York
• 1923 Nuss announces they are to open a complete department for the repair of band instruments; they also make a complete line of saxophones and bells
• 1930 Karl Nuss is a bookkeeper
• 1931 selling ‘Nuss Supreme’ straight mutes; 11th & Mulberry
• 1940 Charles is the owner and son Karl is a bookkeeper; Anton is also listed in the census as a plating factory owner
• 1945 Charles and Karl both still working at factory
• 1947 Anton Nuss is a retired member of the Nuss Mfg. Co.
• 1948 Charles Nuss is honored at a banquet for his 74th birthday and 50 years in the plating business; Anton is present
• c1950 the factory closes probably due to the retirement or death of Charles
• 1973 son Karl Nuss Jr. (b.1905) dies in Harrisburg

Trade names on band instruments include ‘Supreme’ and ‘Liberty’.

Image is from a 1929 Sanborn map showing the original 3 story building from 1911 at 27’ x 32’ and the 2 story back addition from 1913 at 22" x 70". This area is now a parking lot.
Ad below is from 1905

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