2015-02-16 - Console (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2025-03-19 - Console (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)
2025-03-19 - Pedal stoptabs (Avery Reel/Avery Reel)
2011-08-15 - Identified through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- Relocated from the Smithsonian Institution 2007-2010. Organ Originally installed in the Fox (Rio) Theatre in Appleton, Wisconsin; later installed in the home of Lowell Ayars in Bridgeton, New Jersey. The organ was restored according to OHS Guidelines for Conservation and Restoration. Wired in parallel is a solid state relay and digital recording/playback interface. The console is installed within its own "booth" and is on a lift, operable from the console or from a control panel to the side. -Database Manager
2013-03-02 - Updated through online information from Ray Biswanger. -Database Manager
2016-07-05 - Wurlitzer "Style 190"<br> Factory date: September 21, 1929<br> Built for the Fox (Rio) Theatre, Appleton, Wisconsin<br> -Database Manager
Specification from 2016 OHS Convention Handbook et al Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Macy's Department Store - Greek Hall
Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co. Opus 2070 1929 Style 109 2 manuals, 8 ranks
Originally installed in the Fox (Rio) Theatre, Appleton, Wisconsin
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STOP ANALYSIS
8' Trumpet 61 pipes
16'-4' Diaphone/Open Diapason 85 pipes
8'-4' Tiba Clausa 73 pipes
8' Clarinet 61 pipes
8'-4' Violin 73 pipes
8'-8' Violin Celeste (TC) 61 pipes
16'-2' Flute 97 pipes
8' Vox Humana 61 pipes
Cathedral Chimes 18 notes
Xylophone 37 notes
Glockenspiel 30 notes
Chrysoglott 49 notes
STOP LIST
PEDAL ACCOMPANIMENT SOLO
16' Diaphone 16' Contra Viol (TC) 16' Diaphone
16' Bourdon 16' Bourdon 16' Tibia Clausa (TC)
8' Trumpet 16' Vox Humana (TC) 16' Contra Viol (TC)
8' Diaphonic Diapason 8' Trumpet 16' Bourdon
8' Tibia Clausa 8' Diaphonic Diapason 16' Vox Humana (TC)
8' Cello 8' Tibia Clausa 8' Trumpet
8' Flute 8' Clarinet 8' Diaphonic Diapason
Bass Drum 8' Violin 8' Tibia Clausa
Kettle Drum 8' Violin Celeste (TC) 8' Clarinet
Crash Cymbal 8' Concert Flute 8' Violin
Cymbal 8' Vox Humana 8' Violin Celeste (TC)
Toggle Switch: 4' Octave 8' Concert Flute
Traps 1st/2nd 4' Piccolo 8' Vox Humana
4' Viol 4' Octave
PISTONS 4' Octave Celeste 4' Piccolo
Bird Whistle 4' Flute 4' Viol
Steam Whistle 4' Vox Humana 4' Octave Celeste
Klaxon 2 2/3' Twelfth 4' Flute
Siren 2' Piccolo 2 2/3' Twelfth
Horse Hoofs Chrysoglott 2 2/3' Twelfth (Tibia)
Sleigh Bells Snare Drum 2' Piccolo (Tibia)
Door Bell (push button) Tambourine 2' Piccolo
Projector Room Buzzer Castanets 1 3/5' Tierce
Chinese Block Cathedral Chimes
TREMULANTS Tom Tom Xylophone
Main Sleigh Bells Glockenspiel
Solo Chrysoglott
ACCOMP. SECOND TOUCH
ADJ. COMBINATION PISTONS 8' Trumpet SOLO SECOND TOUCH
5 Accomp. & Pedal 8' Tibia Clausa 16' Trumpet (TC)
5 Solo & Pedal Cathedral Chimes 8' Tibia Clausa
Triangle 8' Clarinet
EXPRESSION
One balanced swell pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-07-05]
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