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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 780 (1924)

Images

1999-05-30 - Theatre organ stopkeys (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-05-30 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Horseshoe
• Console position: Movable Console
• 3 manuals
• 166 stops
• 12 registers
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Computerized/Digital
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-15 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2015-03-13 - The organ was reportedly built in 1921 for a theatre in San Diego, Calif., and was reconditioned by Wurlitzer (as Op. 780) in 1924 for the Tivoli Theatre; its factory date was 2/01/24. The "Style 235 Special" originally had 11 ranks; a Post Horn was added in the late 1980s. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from Jeff Scofield Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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