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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (1930)

H. J. Heinz Co.: Auditorium
Pittsburgh, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2006-03-11 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> E. M. Skinner Opus 545, relocated from Metropolitan Theatre Boston, Massachusetts; flood damaged in 1936; console replaced by Kimball in 1936; Percussion added to #907 in 1950; supposedly, organ was moved to Texas and broken up for parts in 1987.</i> -Database Manager

2016-05-29 - E M Skinner Op. 545 was originally installed at the Metropolitan Theatre in Boston c.1926; it was sold to Wurlitzer in 1930 and relocated by them to the Heinz auditorium; it sustained serious flood damage and was rebuilt and enlarged by Kimball as a 4/57 with a new console; it was later moved to Texas and broken up for parts in 1987. (Jeff Scofield. 2016-05-29) -Database Manager


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