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Pye Ltd.

UK electronics company founded in 1896 in Cambridge
Organization business Q7262958

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
business
Inception
1896[8]
Founder
William George Pye[3]
Country
United Kingdom[2]
Followed by
Sepura[4]
Child organization or unit
Pye Records Ltd., Pye Nixa Records[5][6]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1988[9]
Industry
electronics[7]
Legal form
private company limited by shares[11]
Owner of
Nixa Record Co. Ltd., Polygon Record Co. Ltd.[12][13]
Product or material produced
television[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pye Limited en Pye Ltd. en W.G. Pye & Co. Ltd
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Discogs label ID
265524, 776465
Freebase ID
/m/0643hk
MusicBrainz label ID
47b43075-991a-4cc9-ae59-8d7e39d26cbc
Radiomuseum company ID
688

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Summary

Pye Ltd. is a business[1].

Product Details

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  • Type: Holding[14]

  • Country: GB[15]

  • Began / founded: 1896[16]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1988[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 47b43075-991a-4cc9-ae59-8d7e39d26cbc[18]

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  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discogs label ID → 265524, 776465
    Radiomuseum company ID → 688
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Freebase ID → /m/0643hk
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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