Better Pipe Organ Database

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 1894 (1928)

Fox Theatre
2211 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI

Images

2020-12-15 - Theater exterior (Photograph by Andre Carrotflower, via Wikimedia Commons, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-11-21 - Dome and lamp (Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-11-21 - View of the room from the Diaphone chamber (Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-11-21 - Interior to rear (Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-11-21 - Console (Photograph by J Granger & Associates, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (1990's) (Photograph courtesy of Jim Boutell/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
Console position: Console on Lift
4 manuals
335 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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Setterboard
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2011-11-23 - Identified through online information from William Dunklin. -- This organ retains its original "slave console" now located in one of the balcony colonnades as well as its primary console in the orchestra pit. The theatre also has a 3/12 Möller organ (Op. 5387) in the lobby. -Database Manager

2013-10-09 - Updated through online information from Jim Boutell. -Database Manager

2016-07-01 - Wurlitzer "Style Fox Sp"<br> Factory date: June 14, 1928<br> Cost: $93,898<br> Included 2nd 4-manual "slave" console -Database Manager

2022-11-22 - The theater seats around 5,100 people. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist from Larry Chace and David L. Junchen Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Detroit, Michigan
Fox Theatre

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.  Opus 1894   1928    "Fox Special"  4 manuals, 36 ranks, 335 stop keys
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       MAIN CHAMBER (left side, 5th Floor)               ORCHESTRAL CHAMBER (right side, 5th Fl)
16'-4' Tuba Horn              85 pipes  15"       16'-8' Tuba Mirabilis         73 pipes  25"
    8' Open Diapason          61 pipes  15"       16'-8' English Post Horn      73 pipes  15"
16'-4' Horn Diapason          85 pipes  10"       16'-8' Solo String            73 pipes  25"
 8'-2' Viol d'Orchestre       85 pipes  10"       16'-2' Tibia Clausa           73 pipes  25"
 8'-4' Viol Celeste           73 pipes  10"           8' Vox Humana             61 pipes  10"
    8' Salicional             61 pipes  10"
    8' Dulciana               61 pipes  10"              SOLO CHAMBER (right side, 4th Floor)
16'-2' Concert Flute          97 pipes  10"           8' Trumpet                61 pipes  10"
 8'-4' Lieblich Flute         73 pipes  10"       16'-2' Tibia Clausa           97 pipes  15"
    8' Krumet                 61 pipes  10"        8'-4' Solo Strings (2 rks)  146 pipes  10"
    8' Vox Humana             61 pipes   6"           8' Orchestral Oboe        61 pipes  10"
       Harp/Marimba           49 notes                8' Kinura                 61 pipes  10"
       Xylophone              37 notes                8' Saxophone              61 pipes  10"
       Chrysoglott [1]        49 notes                8' French Horn            61 pipes  10"
       Snare Drum                                     8' Oboe Horn              61 pipes  10"
       Tambourine                                     8' Quintadena             61 pipes  10"
       Castanets                                      8' Vox Humana             61 pipes   6"
       Chinese Block                                     Solo Harp/Marimba      49 notes
       Tom Tom                                           Solo Chimes            25 notes
                                                         Solo Xylophone [1]     37 notes
       FOUNDATION CHAMBER (left side, 4th Floor)         Glockenspiel           37 notes
    8' Solo Trumpet           61 pipes  10"              Chrysoglott [2]        25 notes
16'-4' Diaphonic Diapason     85 pipes  25"
16'-2' Tibia Clausa           97 pipes  10"              PERCUSSION CHAMBER (right side, 4th Fl)
    8' Musette                61 pipes  10"              Piano                  85 notes
 8'-4' Gamba                  73 pipes  10"              Cathedral Chimes       25 notes
 8'-4' Gamba Celeste          73 pipes  10"              Solo Xylophone [2]     37 notes
16'-8' Clarinet               73 pipes  10"              Sleigh Bells           25 notes
    8' Vox Humana             61 pipes   6"              Tympani                13 notes
    4' Harmonic Flute         61 pipes  10"              Bass Drum
                                                         Snare Drum
                                                         Tap Cymbal
                                                         Crash Cymbal
                                                         Roll Cymbal
                                                         Sizzle Cymbal
                                                         Chinese Gong
                                                         Triangle
                                                         Sand Block


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-02]

Websites

Detroit Fox Theatre Wurlitzer - Console photograph (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)