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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 1783 (1927)

Alabama Theatre
1817 3rd Ave. N.
Birmingham, AL

Images


1996-08-01 - Console (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Console in the Well (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Console Halfway Up the Well (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Console in Place (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Console Shown in Motion (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Detail of Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Blower (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Motor for Organ Lift (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Motor for Organ Lift (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1996-08-01 - Organ Lift (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

2009-05-27 - Theatre exterior (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)

2009-05-27 - Cecil Whitmire at the console (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)

2009-05-27 - Console (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)

2009-05-27 - Console detail (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2009-05-27 - Originally a Publix I, the organ has been enlarged to 29 ranks, beginning with a Trivo Post Horn in 1984. The console has been enlarged and rebuilt, and can now be removed from its lift and stored in a climate-controlled auxiliary "garage." -Database Manager

2015-12-22 - Factory date: November 11, 1927 -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed specification Source: From theatreorgans.com Date not recorded

Birmingham, Alabama
Alabama Theatre

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.   Style "Publix 1"   Opus 1783   1927   Original Specification
4 manuals, 20 ranks, 8 tuned percussions, 9 traps
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         MAIN CHAMBER (Upper Left)                     SOLO CHAMBER (Upper & Lower Right)
     16' Tuba Horn           85 pipes  15"               --- Lower chest ---
     16' Diaphonic Diapason  85 pipes  15"          8' Tuba Mirabilis      73 pipes  15"
      8' Clarinet            61 pipes  10"          8' Brass Trumpet       61 pipes  10"
      8' Tibia Clausa        85 pipes  15"         16' Tibia Clausa        97 pipes  15"  
     16' Concert Flute       97 pipes  10"          8' Solo String         61 pipes  10"
                                                    8' Vox Humana          61 pipes   6"
         STRING CHAMBER (Lower Left)                     --- Upper chest ---
      8' Viol d'Orchestre    85 pipes  10"          8' Orchestral Oboe     61 pipes
      8' Viol Celeste        73 pipes  10"          8' Kinura              61 pipes
      8' Violin Celeste      73 pipes  10"          8' Brass Saxophone     61 pipes
      8' Dulciana            61 pipes  10"          8' Quintadena          61 pipes
      8' Vox Humana          61 pipes   6"          8' Oboe Horn           61 pipes
         Chrysoglott         49 notes                  Piano               85 notes
                                                       Marimba/Harp        49 notes
                                                       Glockenspiel        37 notes
                                                       Sleigh Bells        25 notes
                                                       Cathedral Chimes    25 notes
                                                       Xylophone           37 notes
                                                       Master Xylophone    37 notes  (exposed)

                                       --- STOP RAIL ---

         PEDAL                             GREAT                               BOMBARDE
     16' Tuba Profunda                 16' Tuba Profunda                   16' Tuba Mirabilis
     16' Diaphone Wood                 16' Diaphone                        16' Tuba Horn
     16' Tibia Clausa                  16' Tibia Clausa (TC)               16' Diaphone
     16' Bourdon                       16' Tibia Clausa                    16' Tibia Clausa (TC)
      8' Tuba Mirabilis                16' Clarinet (TC)                   16' Tibia Clausas
      8' Tuba Horn                     16' Saxophone (TC)                   8' Tuba Mirabilis
      8' Octave                        16' Solo String (TC)                 8' Trumpet
      8' Tibia Clausa                  16' Vox Humana (TC)                  8' Tuba Horn
      8' Clarinet                      16' Vox Humana (TC)                  8' Diaphonic Diapason
      8' Saxophone                      8' Tuba Mirabilis                   8' Tibia Clausa
      8' Solo String                    8' Trumpet                          8' Tibia Clausa
      8' Cello                          8' Tuba Horn                        8' Solo String I
      8' Flute                          8' Diaphonic Diapason               8' Solo String II
      4' Flute                          8' Tibia Clausa                     8' Viol d'Orchestre
     16' Piano                          8' Tibia Clausa                     8' Viol Celeste
         Bass Drum                      8' Orchestral Oboe                  8' Flute
         Kettle Drum                    8' Kinura                           4' Clarion Mirabilis
         Snare Drum                     8' Clarinet                         4' Clarion Horn
         Cymbal                         8' Saxophone                        4' Piccolo
         Crash Cymbal                   8' Solo String I                    4' Piccolo
         Accompanimnet to Pedal         8' Solo String II                      Xylophone
         Great to Pedal                 8' Viol d'Orchestre                    Glockenspiel
         Solo to Pedal                  8' Viol Celeste                        Snare Drum
                                        8' Flute                               Great to Bombarde
         PEDAL SECOND TOUCH             8' Vox Humana                          Solo Sub Oct. to Bomb.
     16' Tuba Mirabilis - Pizzicato     8' Vox Humana                          Solo to Bombarde
                                        4' Piccolo
         ACCOMPANIMENT                  4' Piccolo                             BOMBARDE SECOND TOUCH
     16' Solo String (TC)               4' Viol                            16' Tuba Profunda
      8' Tuba Horn                      4' Viol Celeste                     8' Tuba Horn
      8' Diaphonic Diapason             4' Flute                            8' Tibia Clausa
      8' Tibia Clausa                   4' Vox Humana
      8' Tibia Clausa                   4' Vox Humana                          SOLO
      8' Clarinet                   2 2/3' Twelfth (Tibia)                  8' Tuba Mirabilis
      8' Saxophone                  2 2/3' Twelfth                          8' Trumpet
      8' Solo String I                  2' Piccolo (Tibia)                  8' Tuba Horn
      8' Solo String II                 2' Fifteenth                        8' Diaphonic Diapason
      8' Viol d'Orchestre               2' Piccolo                          8' Tibia Clausa
      8' Viol Celeste               1 3/5' Tierce                           8' Tibia Clausa
      8' Orchestral Oboe               16' Piano                            8' Orchestral Oboe
      8' Quintadena                     8' Piano                            8' Kinura
      8' Flute                          4' Piano                            8' Clarinet
      8' Vox Humana                        Marimba (re-it)                  8' Saxophone
      8' Vox Humana                        Harp                             8' Solo String I
      8' Dulciana                          Cathedral Chimes                 8' Solo String II
      4' Piccolo                           Master Xylophone                 8' Oboe Horn
      4' Piccolo                           Xylophone                        8' Quintadena
      4' Viol                              Glockenspiel                     8' Vox Humana
      4' Viol Celeste                      Orchestra Bells (re-it)          8' Vox Humana
      4' Flute                             Sleigh Bells                     8' Dulciana
      4' Vox Humana                        Chrysoglott                      4' Piccolo
      4' Vox Humana                        Sub Octave                       4' Piccolo
  2 2/3' Twelfth                           Solo Sub Octave to Great     2 2/3' Twelfth (Tibia)
      2' Piccolo                           Solo to Great                    2' Piccolo
      8' Piano                                                              8' Piano
         Mandolin                          GREAT SECOND TOUCH                  Marimba
         Marimba (re-it)               16' Tuba Profunda                       Cathedral Chimes
         Harp                           8' Tibia Clausa                        Master Xylophone
         Chrysoglott                    4' Piccolo                             Glockenspiel
         Snare Drum                        Solo to Great                       Orchestral Bells (re-it)
         Tambourine                        Solo to Great - Pizzicato           Chrysoglott
         Castanet
         Chinese Block                     GENERAL                             TREMULANTS (8)
         Tom Tom                           3 Exp. Pedals with Ind. Keys        Main
         Sand Block                        Balanced Crescendo Pedal            Diapason
         Octave                            Two Shutter Couplers                Tibia Clausa
         Solo to Accompaniment             - Main to General                   Vox Humana
                                           - Solo to General                   Solo
         ACCOMPANIMENT SECOND TOUCH        Vibraphone                          Tuba
      8' Tuba Mirabilis                    Vibraphone Damper                   Tibia Clausa
      8' Tuba Horn                         Thunder Pedal (Diap) - Piano Pedal  Vox Humana
      8' Diaphonic Diapason                Thunder Pedal (Reed) - Piano Pedal
      8' Tibia Clausa                      Dbl. Touch Sfz Pedal - Piano Pedal  ADJ. COMBINATION PISTONS
      8' Saxophone                         - 1st Touch: Full Stops (wind)      Pedal     10
      8' Strings                           - 2nd Touch: Everything             Accomp.   10  Dbl. Touch
      4' Piccolo                           Dbl. Touch Sfz Pedal - Piano Pedal  Great     10  Dbl. Touch
         Cathedral Chimes                  - 1st Touch: Snare Drum             Bombarde  10
         Xylophone                         - 2nd Touch: Bass Drum and Cymbal   Solo      10
         Glockenspiel
         Triangle


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-06-28]


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