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Unknown Builder (1969)

Cap'ns Galley Pizza and Pipes
821 Winslow Street
Redwood City, CA

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2014-03-04 - Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by William Dunklin, using information from this web site: http://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/5th-ave/capns-galley.htm. -- This organ moved from the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington. 8 ranks were added for this addition. Cap'ns Galley Pizza and Pipes has since closed. Fate of the organ is unknown. -Database Manager

2016-06-09 - Originally Wurlitzer "Style Sp 4m" (4/18) with factory date of July 13, 1926. -Database Manager

2016-06-09 - In December 2006, the Whittier High School Alumni Association donated the organ to Whittier High School, Whittier, California. Installation of the organ began in 2016, with hopeful completion date of October 2016. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Redwood City, California
Cap'ns Galley Pizza & Pipes

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.   Opus 1388   1926   4 manuals, 18 ranks   
Moved in 1969 from Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington and enlarged to 26 ranks
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             MAIN CHAMBER (Left)         wind                        SOLO CHAMBER (Right)        wind
      Chest 1:                                                Chest 1:
   8' Vox Humana              61 pipes    6"               8' Brass Saxophone         61 pipes   10"
   8' Dulciana                61 pipes   10"               8' Brass Trumpet           61 pipes   10"
   8' Viole d'Orchestre       85 pipes   10"               8' Solo String             73 pipes   10"
  16' Diaphone/Horn Diapason  85 pipes   10"               8' Solo String Celeste     73 pipes   10"
      Chest 2:                                            16' Tibia Clausa            97 pipes   15"
   8' Clarinet                61 pipes    9.5"                Chest 2:
  16' Bourdon/Concert Flute   97 pipes   10"               8' Kinura                  61 pipes   10"
   8' Diaphonic Diapason      48 pipes   15"               8' Orchestral Oboe         61 pipes   10"
  16' Harmonic Tuba           73 pipes   15"               8' Quintadena              61 pipes   10"
      Chest 3:                                             8' English Post Horn       61 pipes   15"
   8' Tibia Clausa            85 pipes   12"               8' Tuba Mirabilis          61 pipes   15"
   8' Cello                   73 pipes   10"               8' Vox Humana              61 pipes    6"
   8' Cello Celeste           73 pipes   10"                  Unenclosed:
   8' Oboe Horn               61 pipes   10"              16' Grand Bourdon           44 pipes
   8' Lieblich Flute (TC)     73 pipes   12"                  Piano                   88 notes
   8' Flute Celeste  (TC)     49 pipes   10"                  Chrysoglott             49 bars
                                                              Glockenspiel            37 bars
         PERCUSSION CHAMBER (Center)                          Chimes                  25 tubes
  16' Wood Diaphone (ext.)    23 pipes                        Sleigh Bells            25 straps
  16' Violone (ext)           12 pipes                        Xylophone               37 bars
  16' Fagotto                 digital                         Snare Drum Roll
  32' Contra Tibia            digital                         Tambourine
      String Bass             digital                         Castanets
      Marimba Harp            49 bars                         Wood Block
      Vibraharp               49 bars                         Tom Tom
      Glockenspiel            37 bars                         Sand Block
      Xylophone               37 bars                         Brush/Sizzle Cymbal
      Tambourine                                              Brass Drum/Kettle Drum
      Castanets                                               Triangle
      Wood Block                                              Bird
      Tom Tom                                                 Klaxon
      Sizzle Cymbal                                           Telephone Bell
      Choke Cymbal                                            Surf
      Kettle Drum                                             Crash Cymbal
      Bird                                                    Cymbal Roll
                                                              Fire Bell
                                                              Horses Hooves


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-06-09]


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