2015-08-23 - Console (Photograph by Lew Williams/Database Manager)
2015-08-23 - Originally installed in the Majestic Theatre, East St. Louis, Illinois. The Majestic closed in 1960. Norm Kramer relinquished the organ to the local ATOS chapter. They refurbished it and were installing it in the Kingsland Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. The theatre changed hands and the organ had to be spirited out in a matter of days. So in 1982, the new Fox Theatre management in St. Louis (that's right, the one with the 4/36 Fox Special in it) gave us permission to install this organ in the lobby chambers.<BR> After years of trials and tribulations, the organ was at last ready to play in 1992. So Opus 1222 is in the lobby of the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. It has been electrified with a Peterson relay. It was shipped with 8 ranks (orchestral oboe, clarinet and marimba added to the Style D). We have added a two rank string celeste, a brass trumpet and a harp instead of the chrysoglott. --Al Haker (June 1997) -Database Manager
Specification from console photos taken by Lew Williams Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
St. Louis, Missouri
Fox Theatre - Lobby
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 1222 1925/1982 2 manuals, 11 ranks
Originally installed in the Majestic Theatre, East St. Louis, Illinois (1925)
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CHAMBER ANALYSIS
8' Brass Trumpet 61 pipes
8' Trumpet 61 pipes
16' Open Diapason 85 pipes
8' Tibia Clausa 73 pipes
8' Salicional 73 pipes
8' Celeste II 110 pipes
16' Flute 97 pipes
8' Clarinet (TC) 49 pipes
8' Orchestral Oboe (TC) 49 pipes
8' Vox Humana 61 pipes
Cathedral Chimes 18 notes
Xylophone 37 notes
Glockenspiel 30 notes
Harp 49 notes
PEDAL SOLO
16' Bass 16' Bass
16' Bourdon 16' Tibia Clausa (TC)
16' Flute 16' Bourdon
8' Brass Trumpet 16' Vox Humana (TC)
8' Trumpet 8' Brass Trumpet
8' Open Diapason 8' Trumpet
8' Tibia Clausa 8' Clarinet (TC)
8' Cello 8' Orchestral Oboe (TC)
4' Open Diapason 8' Open Diapason
Accomp. to Pedal 8' Tibia Clausa
---PEDAL SECOND TOUCH 8' Flute
Bass Drum 8' Salicional
Kettle Drum 8' Celeste II
Cymbal 8' Vox Humana
Crash Cymbal 4' (reed)
4' (reed)
ACCOMPANIMENT 4' Octave
16' Salicional (TC) 4' Piccolo
16' Vox Humana (TC) 4' Flute
8' Brass Trumpet 4' Salicet
8' Trumpet 4' Celeste II
8' Clarinet (TC) 2 2/3' Twelfth
8' Orchestral Oboe (TC) 2' Tibia
8' Open Diapason 2' Piccolo
8' Tibia Clausa 1 3/5' Tierce
8' Flute Marimba
8' Salicional Harp
8' Celeste II Xylophone
8' Vox Humana Glockenspiel
4' Octave (illegible)
4' Piccolo ---SOLO SECOND TOUCH
4' Flute 16' Trumpet (TC)
4' Salicet 8' Tibia Clausa
4' Celeste II 8' reed
4' Vox Humana (illegible)
2' Piccolo (illegible)
Harp
Marimba TREMULANTS
Snare Drum Main
Tambourine Vox Humana
Castanets (illegible)
Chinese Block (illegible)
Tom Tom
Sleigh Bells TOE PISTONS
---ACCOMP. SECOND TOUCH Horse Hoofs
8' Trumpet Surf
8' Tibia Clausa Bird
Chimes Auto Horn
Triangle Fire Gong
Fire Gong (re-it)
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS Steamboat Whistle
Accomp. & Pedal 5 Siren
Solo & Pedal 5 Machine Gun
EXPRESSION PUSH BUTTON
Balanced Swell Pedal Door Bell
Crescendo Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-08-23]
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