Paramount Theatre - Brooklyn, New York
Long Island University
Brooklyn Campus

385 Flatbush Extension at DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu

Schwartz Athletic Center

(originally the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre)
             

Wurlitzer Organ, Op. 1984 (1928) at the former Paramount Theatre - Brooklyn, New York (photo: New York Theatre Organ Society)
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1984 (1928)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style PUBLIX 4
4 manuals, 26 ranks, 8 tuned percussion, 9 traps
4-manual main console, 4-manual slave console
             
Pedal – 32 notes
16
  Bombarde  
8
  Cello
16
  Tuba Profunda  
8
  Flute
16
  Double English Horn  
4
  Flute
16
  Diaphone  
16
  Piano
16
  Bass  

 

  Bass Drum
16
  Tibia Clausa  

 

  Kettle Drum
16
  Violone  

 

  Snare Drum 
16
  Bourdon  

 

  Crash Cymbal
8
  Tuba Mirabilis       Cymbal
8
  Tuba Horn       Accompaniment to Pedal 
8
  English Horn       Great to Pedal
8
  Octave       Solo to Pedal
8
  Horn Diapason        
8
  Tibia Clausa   Pedal Second Touch
8
  Clarinet  
16
  Bombarde - Pizzicato
8
  Saxophone   1st Touch & 2nd Touch Traps Switch
8
  Solo Strings      
8
  Gamba   10 Adjustable Combination Toe Pistons
              
Accompaniment (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Tuba Mirabilis  
8
  Piano
8
  Tuba Horn       Marimba (re-it)
8
  English Horn       Harp
8
  Diaphonic Diapason       Chrysoglott
8
  Horn Diapason       Vibraphone
8
  Tibia Clausa       Chrysoglott Damper
8
  Tibia Clausa       Snare Drum
8
  Clarinet       Tamborine
8
  Saxophone       Castanet
8
  Solo String I       Chinese Block
8
  Solo String II       Tom Tom
8
  Gamba       Sand Block
8
  Gamba Celeste       Octave 
8
  Viol d'Orchestre       Solo to Accompaniment
8
  Viol Celeste       Great Octave to Accompaniment
8
  Krumet        
8
  Oboe Horn   Accompaniment Second Touch
8
  Quintadena  
8
  Tuba Mirabilis 
8
  Flute  
8
  Tuba Horn
8
  Vox Humana  
8
  Diaphonic Diapason
8
  Vox Humana  
8
  Tibia Clausa
8
  Dulciana  
8
  Tibia Clausa
4
  Gambette  
8
  Saxophone
4
  Gambette Celeste  
8
  Strings II
4
  Viol  
4
  Piccolos II
4
  Octave Celeste       Xylophone (re-it)
4
  Piccolo (Tibia)       Glockenspiel
4
  Piccolo (Tibia)       Cathedral Chimes
4
  Flute       Triangle
4
  Vox Humana       Solo to Accompaniment
4
  Vox Humana       Solo to Accompaniment-Pizzicato
2 2/3
  Twelfth        
2
  Piccolo   10 Adjustable Combination Pistons

 

           
Great (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
  Bombarde  
4
  Viol
16
  Tuba Profunda  
4
  Octave Celeste
16
  Diaphone  
4
  Flute
16
  Bass  
4
  Vox Humana
16
  Tibia Clausa [TC]  
4
  Vox Humana
16
  Tibia Clausa  
2 2/3
  Twelfth (Tibia)
16
  Clarinet  [TC]  
2 2/3
  Twelfth (Tibia)
16
  Saxophone  [TC]  
2
  Piccolo (Tibia)
16
  Solo Strings II [TC]  
2
  Piccolo (Tibia)
16
  Violone  
2
  Fifteenth
16
  Vox Humana  [TC]  
2
  Piccolo
16
  Vox Humana [TC]  
1 3/5
  Tierce
8
  Tuba Mirabilis  
16
  Piano
8
  Trumpet  
8
  Piano
8
  Tuba Horn  
4
  Piano
8
  Diaphonic Diapason  

 

  Marimba (re-it)
8
  Open Diapason  

 

  Harp
8
  Horn Diapason       Orchestra Bells (re-it)
8
  Tibia Clausa       Sleigh Bells
8
  Tibia Clausa       Master Xylophone
8
  Orchestral Oboe       Xylophone
8
  Kinura       Glockenspiel
8
  Clarinet       Chrysoglott 
8
  Saxophone       Cathedral Chimes
8
  Solo String I       Sub Octave
8
  Solo String II       Solo Sub Octave to Great
8
  Gamba       Solo to Great
8
  Gamba Celeste        
8
  Viol d'Orchestre   Great Second Touch
8
  Viol Celeste  
16
  Bombarde
8
  Krumet  
16
  Tuba Profunda 
8
  Flute  
16
  Double English Horn 
8
  Vox Humana  
16
  Tibia Clausa  [TC]
8
  Vox Humana  
8
  Tibia Clausa
4
  Piccolo       Solo to Great
4
  Piccolo       Solo to Great - Pizzicato
4
  Gambette        
4
  Gambette Celeste   10 Double Touch Adjustable Pistons

 

           
Bombarde (Manual III) – 61 notes
16
  Bombarde  
8
  Flute
16
  Tuba Profunda  
4
  Clarion Mirabilis
16
  Double English Horn  
4
  Clarion
16
  Diaphone  
4
  Piccolo
16
  Tibia Clausa  [TC]  
4
  Piccolo
16
  Tibia Clausa  

 

  Master Xylophone
8
  Trumpet  

 

  Glockenspiel
8
  Tuba Mirabilis  

 

  Snare Drum
8
  Tuba Horn  

 

  Great to Bombarde
8
  English Horn  

 

  Solo Sub Octave to Bombarde
8
  Diaphonic Diapason  

 

  Solo to Bombarde
8
  Open Diapason  

 

   
8
  Tibia Clausa   Bombarde Second Touch
8
  Tibia Clausa  
16
  Bombarde
8
  Solo String I  
16
  Tuba Profunda
8
  Solo String II  
16
  Double English Horn
8
  Gamba  
8
  Tuba Horn
8
  Gamba Celeste  
8
  Tibia Clausa
8
  Viol d'Orchestre        
8
  Viol Celeste   10 Adjustable Combination Pistons

 

           
Solo (Manual IV) – 61 notes
16
  Bombarde  
8
  Krumet
16
  Tibia Clausa  [TC]  
8
  Oboe Horn
16
  Tibia Clausa  
8
  Quintadena
16
  Saxophone  [TC]  
8
  Vox Humana
16
  Violone  
8
  Vox Humana
8
  Trumpet  
4
  Piccolo
8
  Tuba Mirabilis  
4
  Piccolo
8
  Tuba Horn  
4
  Gambette
8
  English Horn  
4
  Gambette Celeste
8
  Diaphonic Diapason  
2
  Piccolo
8
  Open Diapason  
2
  Piccolo
8
  Tibia Clausa  
8
  Piano
8
  Tibia Clausa  

 

  Marimba
8
  Orchestral Oboe  

 

  Master Xylophone 
8
  Kinura  

 

  Glockenspiel
8
  Clarinet  

 

  Orchestral Bells (re-it)
8
  Saxophone  

 

  Chrysoglott
8
  Solo String I  

 

  Cathedral Chimes
8
  Solo String II        
8
  Gamba        
8
  Gamba Celeste   10 Adjustable Combination Pistons

 

           
Tremulants (10)
  General

Main Tibia Clausa
Tuba Tuba Mirabilis
Vox Humana Vox Humana
Orchestral Foundation
Solo Tibia Clausa

  Five Expression Pedals w/indicating keys
  One Balanced Crescendo Pedal
  Five Shutter Couplers
  Thunder Pedal (Diaphone) - Piano Pedal
  Thunder Pedal (Reed) - Piano Pedal
             
Push Buttons
Auto Horn Horse Hoofs Bird
Fire Gong Machine Gun Door Bell
Steamboat Whistle    
             
Master console of Wurlitzer Organ, Op. 1984 (1928) at the former Paramount Theatre - Brooklyn, New York (photo: Jeff Weiler)
Slave console of Wurlitzer Organ, Op. 1984 (1928) at the former Paramount Theatre - Brooklyn, New York (photo: Jeff Weiler)
Factory portrait of Main Console
Slave console

             
Sources:
     Junchen, David L., comp. and ed. by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Indianapolis: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.

Photos:
     New York Theatre Organ Society website: www.nytos.org: color console photo.
     Weiler, Jeff: Wurlitzer factory photos of main and slave consoles.