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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 ...
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 theatre organ (also known as a theater organ, or, especially in the United Kingdom, a cinema organ) is a type of pipe organ developed to accompany silent films from the 1900s to the 1920s. Theatre organs have horseshoe-shaped arrangements of stop tabs (tongue-shaped switches) above and around the instrument's keyboards on their consoles.
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 ...
The Castro Organ Devotees Association (CODA) is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the tradition of live organ music in San Francisco's Castro Theatre. [1] The theater is a popular San Francisco movie palace, built in the 1920s, which gained Historic Landmark status in 1976. [2]
The BBC's first in-house organ - a Compton organ - was unveiled at the BBC Radio Theatre (then named The Concert Hall) within Broadcasting House on 16 June 1933. [1] To celebrate the event, the corporation broadcast a concert with George Thalben-Ball, G. D. Cunningham, and Walter Alcock. The organ featured 2,826 pipes in 35 ranks. [2]
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.
The Senate's "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ is the centerpiece of the theater. The organ, a Wurlitzer 4-manual/34-rank model, was built for the Fisher Theatre in Downtown Detroit in 1928, in its first incarnation as a movie palace. The organ is a custom model, designed for both silent film accompaniment and concerts.