Wurlitzer organ manuals
Only 2,143 Wurlitzer pipe organs were produced by the firm between 19.
#WURLITZER ORGAN MANUALS SERIAL#
Every organ manufactured by the Wurlitzer Pipe Organ company was assigned a serial number, or in the terminology of the company, an Opus number. The Rudolph Wurlitzer factory was located in North Tonawanda, NY, a suburb of Buffalo. We invite you to learn about the history of this 92-year-old instrument and why it's so precious to all of us at the Orpheum. Since that day, the Wurlitzer has been a fan-favorite attraction, rising from its own hydraulic lift in the orchestra pit to the delight the crowd. The organ, new and gleaming, was an exciting showpiece as the theatre welcomed patrons back for the first time since the original structure had burned to the ground five years before. For many years the organ has been maintained by a crew of the New York Theatre Organ Society.On November 19, 1928, our Mighty Wurlitzer organ played for the first time at the grand opening of the new Orpheum Theatre. As a result, the Wurlitzer organ is now heard with an incomparable "mighty" sound in this unique environment. Since the more than 4,000 plush theatre seats and carpeting were removed and replaced by bleachers and a hardwood gym floor, the auditorium has gained a very reverberant acoustic. The slave console was later moved to DeKalb, Illinois. At some point, a second, nearly identical "slave" console was installed on the right side of the pit it could also be moved on-stage when desired. As originally installed, the organ had one console, located on its own lift on the left end of the orchestra pit and extant today. The pipes and percussions are located in four chambers, two each flanking the proscenium.
#WURLITZER ORGAN MANUALS MOVIE#
enabling the organist to accompany a movie and provide popular music between features. A total of 257 stops control more than 2,000 pipes to imitate a variety of sounds - a brass band, percussion instruments, piano, train whistles, bird calls, horse hoofs, etc. While the Boston Met's organ was broken up for parts in the 1970s, the Brooklyn Paramount organ remains unaltered and is still operational. The Brooklyn Paramount organ was the first of only two "Publix 4" instruments built, the other going to the Metropolitan ("Met") Theatre, Boston (1930, Op.
#WURLITZER ORGAN MANUALS MANUALS#
Known by Wurlitzer as a "Publix 4" style, its specification of four manuals and 26 ranks was designed to produce the same tonal effect as the 4/36 Wurlitzer in the Times Square Paramount, but at lower cost. The organ in the Schwartz Athletic Center was built in 1928 by the Wurlitzer Organ Company for the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre. Much of the theatre’s decor is intact in its legendary auditorium and magnificent lobby. In recent years, the gymnasium has been elegantly decorated and cosmetically revived for dinners to raise funds for scholarships. In January 2006, the Blackbirds moved to the 17,000-seat arena in the $40 million Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center, and the Schwartz basketball court is now used as a 1200-seat multi-purpose arena. The building is now called the Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center. A second renovation and expansion of the gymnasium took place in the summer of 1975. After the Paramount closed for the last time in August 21, 1962, the auditorium was converted into a basketball court for LIU's Blackbirds teams, opening on November 30, 1963. Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis are just some of the legends that performed on the stage. The Paramount was also a center for jazz in New York. It was during the 1950s that the Paramount created a sensation with Alan Freed’s famous Rock ‘n’ Roll show with Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and others musical stars. From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In 1950, the Paramount building was sold to Long Island University, which gradually converted the upper floors into college administrative offices, but the auditorium continued to function as a theatre venue for another decade.