2009-09-23 - Identified through online information from Will Dunklin. -- A 44-note Felgemaker 16' Double Open Wood Diapason on its original Felgemaker chests has been added. This rank is unenclosed, but hidden from view. The organ was removed, renovated and reinstalled by Marlin Mackley of St. Louis, Missouri, ca. 1999. -Database Manager
2017-06-09 - Information from <i>The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ - An Illustrated History</i> by David L. Junchen (ed. Weiler), American Theatre Organ Society (2005)<br> Wurlitzer "Style 240" - (Style 235 less piano + Brass Trumpet & Horn Diapason)<br> Factory date: September 25, 1928 -Database Manager
2017-06-09 - JL Weiler, Inc., of Chicago, announced in June 2017 that they will restore this organ. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist Source: From www.theatreorgans.com & Junchen Date not recorded
Memphis, Tennessee
Orpheum Theatre
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 1956 1928 Style 240 3 manuals, 14 ranks
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MAIN CHAMBER SOLO CHAMBER
8' Brass Trumpet 61 pipes 16' Harmonic Tuba 85 pipes
16' Diaphonic Diapason 85 pipes 8' Tibia Clausa 97 pipes
8' Viol d'Orchestre 85 pipes 8' Horn Diapason 61 pipes
8' Viol Celeste 73 pipes 8' Orchestral Oboe 61 pipes
8' Salicional 73 pipes 8' Kinura 61 pipes
16' Concert Flute 97 pipes
8' Clarinet 61 pipes TUNED PERCUSSIONS
8' Vox Humana 61 pipes Marimba 49 notes
Cathedral Chimes 25 notes
UNENCLOSED Xylophone 37 notes
16' Dbl. Open Diapason 44 pipes * Glockenspiel 37 notes
* added ca. 1999 Sleigh Bells 25 notes
Chrysoglott 49 notes
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-06-09]
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