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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 1381 (1926)

Frankford Theatre
4711-15 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2014-02-27 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, using information found in David Junchen <em>The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ, an Illustrated History</em>, p.663. -- Style 235: 3 manuals, 11 ranks of pipes, 7 tuned percussions and 17 traps distributed across 2 chambers. This organ reportedly broken up for parts after the theatre closed in the 1950's. The theatre building spent its last years as an automobile repair garage before being torn down in 1960. -Database Manager

2016-07-23 - Wurlitzer "Style 235"<br> Factory date: July 3, 1926 -Database Manager


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