Walter Gürtler

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Walter F. Gürtler was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1925 and passed away in Lugano, Switzerland in 2004. He came to Milan after WW2 with his brother Ernesto Gürtler and formed Gurtler Bros.. They started importing and distributing foreign records in the Italian market. In 1948 he founded Celson. In Spring of 1951 a new company Celson was founded to Via S. Vittore 40/42, Milan. Their records were distributed by G. Ricordi & C. S.p.A.. He was also founder of Saar in 1958 (registered under the name of Saar s.r.l. in 1960) and owner of Joker (2).

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