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Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1406 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style 260 Special
3 manuals, 15 ranks
Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 3801 (1923)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 73 registers, 54 stops, 15 ranks |
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Solo Organ (Top Manual) – 61 notes |
8 |
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Horn Diapason |
73 |
16 |
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Bass Clarinet [TC] |
— |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
85 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
8 |
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French Horn |
85 |
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4 |
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Octave Horn [French Horn] |
— |
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| Orchestral Bells [Harp] |
37 bars |
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8 |
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Cello Solo |
73 |
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| Glockenspiel [Harp] |
37 notes |
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8 |
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Oboe Horn |
73 |
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8 |
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Kinura |
73 |
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4 |
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Flute [Tibia Clausa] |
— |
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8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
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Great Organ (Middle Manual) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Tuba Profunda [TC] |
73 |
4 |
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Octave |
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16 |
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Contra Bass Bourdon |
97 |
4 |
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Flute |
— |
16 |
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Double Open Diapason [TC] |
85 |
4 |
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Violin I |
— |
8 |
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Tuba Mirabilis |
— |
4 |
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Violin Celeste |
— |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
— |
4 |
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Violins II |
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8 |
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Flute |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
— |
8 |
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Violin I |
85 |
2 2/3 |
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Quint |
— |
8 |
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Celeste |
73 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
— |
8 |
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Violins II |
73 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
— |
4 |
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Clarion |
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Accompaniment Organ (Lower Manual) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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8 |
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Open Diapason #1 |
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2 |
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Fifteenth |
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8 |
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Solo String |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Snare Drum, roll |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
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Triangle, tap |
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8 |
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Flute |
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Tom Tom, tap |
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8 |
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Flute |
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Chinese Block, tap |
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8 |
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Solo String |
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Tambourine |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
— |
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Castanets |
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4 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Resultant |
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Second Touch on Pedal |
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16 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
12 |
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Bass Drum |
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16 |
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Sub Bass |
12 |
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Tympani |
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16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
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Snare Drum |
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16 |
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Tuba |
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Crash Cymbal |
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16 |
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Diapason |
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Small Cymbal |
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16 |
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Solo String |
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Triangle |
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16 |
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Vox Celeste |
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16 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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16 |
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Flute |
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Trombone |
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Solo to Accompaniment 4' - 8' - 16' |
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Pedal Octaves |
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Solo to Great 4' - 8' - 16' |
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Accompaniment to Great 4' - 8' - 16' |
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Solo to Pedal |
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Accompaniment to Solo 4' - 8' - 16' |
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Great Super and Sub |
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Accompaniment Super and Sub |
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Great to Pedal |
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Solo Super and Sub |
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Great to Pedal Super |
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Accompaniment to Pedal 8' - 4' |
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Tremulants
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For Solo Organ |
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For Tibia |
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For Tuba |
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1 Tremulant, 2 tablets for Great and Accomp. |
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Toe Pistons
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Song Birds (1) |
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Thunder Sheet [in Solo Organ] |
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Song Birds (2) |
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Crash Cymbal |
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Pedal Movements
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Two (2) Swell Pedals according to layout of swell opening |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando Pedal |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
Affecting Solo Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
Affecting Great Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
Affecting Accompaniment Organ |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
Affecting Pedal Organ |
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Piston Couplers
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Manuals to Great |
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Pedal to Manuals |
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Op. 1792 (1915)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 38 ranks
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
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Sources:
"Academy of Music Will Be Torn Down," The New York Times, August 19, 1925.
Cinema Treasures website: www.cinematreasures.org
Hughes, Allen. "Organist Evokes Silent-Film Days: Lee Erwin Plays Wurlitzer at Academy of Music," The New York Times, October 29, 1968.
Junchen, David L., comp. and ed. by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Indianapolis: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
Scofield, Jeff. M.P. Möller Opus List.
Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications for M.P. Möller, Op. 3801 (1923).
Photos:
Architecture and Building, January 1927: two interior photos.
Cinema Treasures website: exterior showing entrances on Irving Place and 14th Street.
eBay.com: Anon. 1870 Stereoview of original building exterior.
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