2016-07-06 - The organ is a 2/14 Wurlitzer. It was rebuilt by Wurlitzer in 1930 out of two organs that they had previously repossessed, and installed in the WNAC Radio Studio in the Buckminster Hotel, near Fenway Park in Boston. One of the original organs was Opus 1602, a Style B, originally installed in the Windsor Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. The other was originally Opus 1742, a Style 190, from the Empire Theatre, also in Brooklyn. On July 28, 1941, WNAC organist Francis Cronin announced on the radio that the organ was for sale at a low price on condition that it "be installed in a public place where people could enjoy it." Ralph Patch, owner of the E. L. Patch Cod Liver Oil Company in Stoneham, immediately called, arranged for its purchase, and offered it to the town. The town accepted the organ at a dedication program on March 19 [1942]. Francis Cronin, last organist at WNAC, was the first organist to play it in Stoneham. (from <i>Sixty-one Years of Town Meetings</i> by Bruce Netten) -Database Manager
Stoplist from <i>Sixty-one Years of Town Meetings</i> by Bruce Netten) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Stoneham, Massachusetts
Town Hall
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 1942 2 manuals, 14 ranks
Combined Style B (Opus 1602) and Style 190 (Opus 1742) from WNAC Radio, Boston
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MAIN CHAMBER SOLO CHAMBER
8' Post Horn 61 pipes 8' Brass Trumpet 61 pipes
8'-4' Tibia Clausa Minor 73 pipes 16'-4' Harmonic Tuba 85 pipes
8' Salicional 61 pipes 16'-4' Diaphonic Diapason 85 pipes
8'-4' Violin 73 pipes 8'-4' Tibia Clausa Major 73 pipes
8'-4' Violin Celeste 73 pipes 8' Clarinet 61 pipes
16'-2' Concert Flute 97 pipes 8' Krumet 61 pipes
8' Vox Humana 61 pipes 8' Oboe Horn 61 pipes
Cathedral Chimes 18 notes
TREMULANTS Glockenspiel 30 notes
Main Xylophone 37 notes
Solo Chrysoglott 49 notes
Tuba Traps and Effects
Vox Humana
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-07-06]
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