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Owner (2003)

Residence: Jack and Mildred Hardman
Box 80
Great Falls, VA

Images


2005-03-04 - 4/38 Wurlitzer Console (Photograph by Jack Hardman/Database Manager)

2005-03-03 - Console in Hardman Sudio (Photograph by Jack Hardman/Database Manager)

2008-08-11 - Hardman Home Studio Esterior (Photograph by Jack Hardman/Database Manager)

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Notes

2005-08-15 - Style: Special 3m. (III/19) Built 1929 for Famous Players-Lasky Studio (Paramount Pictures) in Hollywood. Removed and placed in storage in 1931. -Database Manager

2005-11-01 - Updated through online information from Jack Hardman. -- Sold in 1942 to KPO (KNBC) radio, San Francisco. Installed and used there but removed again to storage in 1952. -Database Manager

2005-11-28 - Updated through online information from Jack Hardman. -- Relocated in 1954 to Richard Simonton residence in Hollywood. -Database Manager

2005-11-28 - Updated through online information from Jack Hardman. -- Rebuilt and enlarged with parts from other organs. -Database Manager

2007-11-04 - Updated through online information from Jack Hardman. -- Purchased by the Hardmans c. 2000. Total restoration completed 2003. Project managed by Clark Wilson Associates. Respecification by Simon Gledhill, London. -- Specification including stop list are available online at the website below -Database Manager

2013-01-12 - Updated through online information from Jack Hardman. -- Web site is comprehensive photo-documented story of the history, relocation, restoration, and installation of this large Wurlitzer Theater Organ in Great Falls, Virginia. Source: Jack Hardman, Owner -Database Manager

2013-11-20 - Updated through online information from Jack Hardman. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - c.2000 purchased by Jack Hardman for his residence in Great Falls, Virginia. Organ enlarged by Clark Wilson Associates to 4/38. -Database Manager

2015-07-24 - Updated through online information from Jack Hardman. -Database Manager


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