2011-12-31 - Identified through online information from Chris Holman. -Database Manager
2012-06-10 - Updated through online information from Will Dunklin. -- Opus 490 was built as a 7 rank organ. A Tibia Clausa was added a year later, making it 8 ranks. -Database Manager
2012-09-15 - Updated through online information from chris anderson. -- Opus 490, a 2-manual, 7-rank Style 185, was installed in a single chamber to the (house) right of the stage by Wurlitzer just prior to the theatre's grand opening in December 1921. Wurlitzer returned in 1924 to add an 8' Tibia Clausa, resulting in a Style 185 Special with 620 pipes. A 2' Tibia offset was built for the organ by Douglas Cable & Associates of Long Beach, California in 1998 but not installed until 2011, when John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders of Champaign completely restored the existing organ and console. Buzard also replaced the electropneumatic relay with a Peterson ICS-4000 system and added two Wurlitzer ranks (Orchestral Oboe and English Post Horn). The resulting 754-pipe Style 216 was premiered by Chris Gorsuch as part of the theatre's 90th Anniversary celebration on March 31, 2012. The Virginia Theatre will be closed for renovation through early 2013 and the organ is expected to be back in operation later in the year. -Database Manager
2013-05-07 - Updated through online information from chris anderson. -- The newly renovated Virginia Theatre held Open House events featuring the Wurlitzer on April 11 and 13, 2013, and the organ was used to open Roger Ebert's Film Festival on April 17, 2013. -Database Manager
Information from over 20 years' close experience as volunteer organ crewmember. Current stop tab list from console photographs t Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Champaign, Illinois
Virginia Theatre
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Opus 490, 1921
Additions by Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, 2011/12
16 Open Diapason 85 pipes, Wurlitzer (1921)
16 Concert Flute 97 pipes, Wurlitzer (1921)
8 Clarinet 61 pipes, Wurlitzer (1921)
8 Viol d'Orchestre 85 pipes, Wurlitzer (1921)
8 Viol Celeste 73 pipes, Wurlitzer (1921)
8 Vox Humana 73 pipes, Wurlitzer (1921)
16 Tuba Horn 73 pipes, Wurlitzer (1921)
8 Tibia Clausa 85 pipes, Wurlitzer (1924) (2' octave - Cable, 1998)
8 Orchestral Oboe 61 pipes, Wurlitzer (added 2012)
8 English Post Horn 61 pipes, Wurlitzer (added 2012)
PEDAL (Main Rail)
16 Ophicleide
16 Diaphone
16 Bourdon
8 English Horn
8 Tuba Horn
8 Diaphonic Diapason
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Clarinet
8 Cello (2 ranks)
8 Concert Flute
ACCOMPANIMENT (Main Rail)
8 English Horn
8 Tuba Horn
8 Diaphonic Diapason
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Clarinet
8 Viol d'Orchestre
8 Viol Celeste
8 Concert Flute
8 Vox Humana
4 Octave
4 Piccolo
4 Octave Celeste (2 ranks)
4 Flute
2 2/3 Twelfth
2 Piccolo
Accomp Octave
Solo to Accomp
SOLO (Main Rail)
16 Double English Horn (TenC)
16 Ophicleide
16 Diaphone
16 Tibia Clausa (TenC)
16 Clarinet (TenC)
16 Orchestral Oboe (TenC)
16 Contra Viole (TenC)
16 Viol Celeste (TenC)
16 Bourdon
16 Vox Humana (TenC)
8 English Horn
8 Tuba Horn
8 Diaphonic Diapason
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Clarinet
8 Orchestral Oboe
8 Viol d'Orchestre
8 Viol Celeste
8 Flute
8 Vox Humana
5 1/3 Fifth
4 Octave
4 Piccolo
4 Viol
4 Octave Celeste
4 Flute
2 2/3 Twelfth (Tibia)
2 2/3 Twelfth
2 Piccolo (Tibia)
2 Fifteenth (VDO)
2 Piccolo
1 3/5 Tierce (Tibia)
1 1/3 Larigot (Tibia)
1 Fife (VDO)
Solo Sub Octave
Solo Unison Off
Solo Octave
PEDAL - Back Rail (Top row)
Bass Drum
Kettle Drum
Crash Cymbal
Tap Cymbal
Brush Cymbal
Accomp to Pedal
ACCOMPANIMENT - Back Rail (Top row)
Harp Sub (prepared for)
Harp (prepared for)
Chrysoglott
Snare Drum
Tom Tom
Tambourine
Castanets
Chinese Blocks
Tap Cymbal
Brush Cymbal
Choke Cymbal
TREMULANTS - Back Rail (Top row)
Main
Tibia Clausa
Vox Humana
Tuba Horn
English Horn
SECOND TOUCH ACCOMP - Back Rail (Bottom row)
8 English Horn
8 Tuba Horn
8 Diaphonic Diapason
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Clarinet
4 Piccolo
Harp Sub (prepared for)
Harp (prepared for)
Chrysoglott Sub
Cathedral Chimes
Triangle
Tap Cymbal
Brush Cymbal
Solo Octave Acc
SECOND TOUCH SOLO - Back Rail (Bottom row)
16 English Horn
16 Ophicleide
8 English Horn
8 Tuba Horn
4 Piccolo
SOLO - Back Rail (Bottom row)
Harp Sub (prepared for)
Harp (prepared for)
Marimba (prepared for)
Chrysoglott
Xylophone Sub
Xylophone (no reiteration)
Glockenspiel
Bells
Sleigh Bells
Cathedral Chimes
TOE STUDS
3 combination pistons
Bird Call
Boat Whistle (wooden)
Auto horn (original, not Klaxon)
Horse Hoofs
Tom Tom
Fire Gong
PIANO PEDALS
Roll Tympani/Crash Cymbal
Sforzando Full/Sforzando+percussion
PULL-OUT, LEFT SIDE (lighted push-buttons)
Duck Call
Engine (metal train) Whistle
Police (English) Whistle
Acme Siren
Alarm Bell
Cow Bell
Diesel Horn
Surf
Door Bell
Police Siren
spare x 2
EXPRESSION PEDALS
Swell, with Sostenuto
Crescendo
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