In this video are 3 original, still working, 1920's relays of the Fisher Theatre and Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Wurlitzer theatre organs. Also one in a home near Cleveland Ohio. Luckily there are many more still working in theatre organs elsewhere too. www.dtos.org www.nytos.org www.wrtos.org Jesusita en Chihuahua (cactus polka) and Lazzarella (as a samba) in this video are played during a practice session on the 4/34 Fisher Wurlitzer, Detroit, MI in 2009. These songs show some of the speed of 1920's and 1930's Wurlitzer relays. The original relays are very fast responding and can be fixed if they break. Modern computer based relays are more difficult to fix and the computers and operating systems can die too. Neil Jensen's 3/35 hauptwerk virtual theatre organ is used to demonstrate pizzicato. I didn't have any simple recordings of pizz done on a real Wurlitzer available for this video. Virtual organs are great for trying things at home and sound really good too, but not as super as a real theatre organ. .
Showing posts with label Wurlitzer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wurlitzer. Show all posts
Friday, February 15, 2013
Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Relays & Marimba
Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Relays & Marimba Video Clips. Duration : 3.42 Mins.
In this video are 3 original, still working, 1920's relays of the Fisher Theatre and Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Wurlitzer theatre organs. Also one in a home near Cleveland Ohio. Luckily there are many more still working in theatre organs elsewhere too. www.dtos.org www.nytos.org www.wrtos.org Jesusita en Chihuahua (cactus polka) and Lazzarella (as a samba) in this video are played during a practice session on the 4/34 Fisher Wurlitzer, Detroit, MI in 2009. These songs show some of the speed of 1920's and 1930's Wurlitzer relays. The original relays are very fast responding and can be fixed if they break. Modern computer based relays are more difficult to fix and the computers and operating systems can die too. Neil Jensen's 3/35 hauptwerk virtual theatre organ is used to demonstrate pizzicato. I didn't have any simple recordings of pizz done on a real Wurlitzer available for this video. Virtual organs are great for trying things at home and sound really good too, but not as super as a real theatre organ. .
In this video are 3 original, still working, 1920's relays of the Fisher Theatre and Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Wurlitzer theatre organs. Also one in a home near Cleveland Ohio. Luckily there are many more still working in theatre organs elsewhere too. www.dtos.org www.nytos.org www.wrtos.org Jesusita en Chihuahua (cactus polka) and Lazzarella (as a samba) in this video are played during a practice session on the 4/34 Fisher Wurlitzer, Detroit, MI in 2009. These songs show some of the speed of 1920's and 1930's Wurlitzer relays. The original relays are very fast responding and can be fixed if they break. Modern computer based relays are more difficult to fix and the computers and operating systems can die too. Neil Jensen's 3/35 hauptwerk virtual theatre organ is used to demonstrate pizzicato. I didn't have any simple recordings of pizz done on a real Wurlitzer available for this video. Virtual organs are great for trying things at home and sound really good too, but not as super as a real theatre organ. .
Monday, January 7, 2013
Strike Up The Band - Joe's 2/9 Wurlitzer
Strike Up The Band - Joe's 2/9 Wurlitzer Video Clips. Duration : 3.45 Mins.
This unique small Wurlitzer pipe organ is in a basement of Ohio Valley Chapter's President, Joe Hollmann. The Wurlitzer RJ 4 Residence Pipe Organ, Opus 1985, was built in 1928 and shipped to the Wurlitzer store in Cincinnati Ohio. RJ signifies a Residence organ with a junior 105 note player unit. Residence Wurlitzers were small scale and were sutable and affordable for home owners that desired to have a pipe organ included in the furnishings of their home. Opus 1985 consisted of 4 ranks of small scale pipework all on 6 wp. The ranks were: Flute, Oboe Horn, Salicional and Open Diapason. The balance of the organ consisted of one regulator, one trem, one relay and switch stack, one swell shoe, one swell shade blade and blower. There were no percussions of any kind. Opus 1985 was sold to The Gilligan Funeral Home and installed in 1930 for the purpose of providing sutible reflection music for services. In 1952, the funeral home donated the organ to All Saints Church in Cincinnati, where it was installed by a local organ man. During this installation, the player unit was sawed off the top of the console and discarded, leaving the console badly mutilated. After 29 years of church service and no improvements of any kind, All Saints sold the organ to Ohio Valley Chapter member Herb Merritt. Herb removed the organ for its first residence installation in his home. During the ensuing years at the Merritt Residence, many improvements and additions were undertaken. As previously stated ...
This unique small Wurlitzer pipe organ is in a basement of Ohio Valley Chapter's President, Joe Hollmann. The Wurlitzer RJ 4 Residence Pipe Organ, Opus 1985, was built in 1928 and shipped to the Wurlitzer store in Cincinnati Ohio. RJ signifies a Residence organ with a junior 105 note player unit. Residence Wurlitzers were small scale and were sutable and affordable for home owners that desired to have a pipe organ included in the furnishings of their home. Opus 1985 consisted of 4 ranks of small scale pipework all on 6 wp. The ranks were: Flute, Oboe Horn, Salicional and Open Diapason. The balance of the organ consisted of one regulator, one trem, one relay and switch stack, one swell shoe, one swell shade blade and blower. There were no percussions of any kind. Opus 1985 was sold to The Gilligan Funeral Home and installed in 1930 for the purpose of providing sutible reflection music for services. In 1952, the funeral home donated the organ to All Saints Church in Cincinnati, where it was installed by a local organ man. During this installation, the player unit was sawed off the top of the console and discarded, leaving the console badly mutilated. After 29 years of church service and no improvements of any kind, All Saints sold the organ to Ohio Valley Chapter member Herb Merritt. Herb removed the organ for its first residence installation in his home. During the ensuing years at the Merritt Residence, many improvements and additions were undertaken. As previously stated ...
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