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The Frati & Co. Band Organ at the Lakeside Park Carousel in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, is an example of a band organ converted by Wurlitzer to play the Wurlitzer 150 roll scale. The production of Wurlitzer organs ceased in 1939, the last organ to leave the factory being a style 165 organ in a 157 case (done because Wurlitzer had an extra 157 case ...
A number of Wurlitzer theatre organs were imported and installed in the United Kingdom in the period from 1925 to just before the Second World War (1939–45). The first Wurlitzer theatre organ shipped to the UK was dispatched on 1 December 1924, and shipped in via Southampton Docks. A very small, six-rank instrument, it was installed at the ...
List of Wurlitzer band organs. Known band organ models once produced by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York, USA and information regarding currently active models and their locations include: Wurlitzer 105 Band Organ (late model, Christmas decorated), Memphis Zoo. Wurlitzer 125 Band Organ (1924), Pullen Park Carousel.
1925 silent movie classic with live accompaniment by Tony Thomas on the Wurlitzer organ. 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Orpheum, 203 S. Main. Tickets: suggested $10 donation at ...
George Wright (August 28, 1920 in Orland, California – May 10, 1998 in Glendale, California) was an American musician, possibly the most famous virtuoso of the theatre organ of the modern era. Wright was best known for his virtuoso performances on the huge Wurlitzer theater pipe organs at the famed Fox Theater on Market Street in San ...
Jesse Crawford (December 2, 1895 – May 28, 1962) [ 1 ] was an American pianist and organist. He was well known in the 1920s as a theatre organist for silent films and as a popular recording artist. In the 1930s, he switched to the Hammond organ and became a freelancer. In the 1940s, he authored instruction books on organ and taught organ lessons.
Bob Heil. Robert Gene Heil (October 5, 1940 – February 28, 2024) was an American sound and radio engineer who created the template for modern rock sound systems. He founded the company Heil Sound in 1966 [1] and built touring sound systems for bands such as The Grateful Dead and The Who. [2] He was also a musician, and played the Wurlizter ...
Dennis James (musician) Dennis James (born 1950) is an American musician and historic preservationist. Beginning in 1969, he presented historically informed live accompaniments for silent films, with piano, theatre organ, chamber ensemble and full symphony orchestras, throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and overseas. He is now ...