Belvedere Theatre

64-28 Myrtle Avenue
Glendale (Queens), N.Y. 11385

Organ Specifications:
II/4 Wurlitzer Organ Company, Op. 1685 (1927)
• II/5 Robert-Morton (1922)
           
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1685 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style B
2 Manuals, 4 Ranks, 3 Tuned Percussions, 17 Traps, Curved Console
           
Pedal – 32 notes
16
  Bourdon     Pedal 2nd Touch
8
  Trumpet     Bass Drum
8
  Flute     Kettle Drum
8
  Cello     Cymbal

   

   
Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
16
  Contra Viole [TC]     Snare Drum
16
  Bourdon     Tambourine
8
  Trumpet     Castanets
8
  Salicional     Chinese Block
8
  Flute      
8
  Vox Humana     Accompaniment 2nd Touch
4
  Salicet
8
  Trumpet
4
  Flute      
          Three Adjustable Combination Pistons

   

   
Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
  Contra Viole [TC]
2 2/3
  Twelfth
16
  Bourdon
2
  Piccolo
16
  Vox Humana     Cathedral Chimes
8
  Trumpet     Xylophone
8
  Salicional     Glockenspiel
8
  Flute      
8
  Vox Humana     Solo 2nd Touch
4
  Salicet
8
  Trumpet
4
  Flute     Xylophone
4
  Vox Humana      
          Three Adjustable Combination Pistons

   

   
General
One Balanced Expression Pedal      
One General Tremulant      
One Vox Humana Tremulant      
           
Effects (operated by pistons)
Sleigh Bells Bird Fire Gong (reiterating)
Triangle Train Steamboat Whistle
Horse Hoofs Auto Horn Siren
Surf Effect Fire Gong Tom-Tom
     
Door Bell (push button)    
           
Robert-Morton Organ Co.
Van Nuys, Calif. (1922)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 5 ranks


Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     Cinema Treasures web site: http://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/4625
     Junchen, David L., comp. and ed. by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Chicago: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
     Junchen, David L. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Compiled and edited by Jeff Weiler. Chicago: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
     Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1995.