Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2017-12-21 - Information from <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. II</i> by David L. Junchen. (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1989)<br> Wurlitzer "Style F"<br> Factory date: August 23, 1922<br> Moved (Dec. 6, 1927) to Liberty Theatre, Lewiston, Idaho -Database Manager
Original document from Eric Schmiedeberg. Source: Wurlitzer Factory Specification 2019-01-02
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis Amusement Co.
Whiteside Theatre
Organ by The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.--Opus 569-Shipped August 23, 1922--Standard Style "F"
--Installed in Wurlitzer swell boxes within rooms provided in the theatre--
PEDAL
16' Ophicleide
16' Bass
16' Bourdon
8' Tuba Horn
8' Open Diapason
8' Tibia Clausa
8' Clarinet
8' Cello (Violin)
8' Flute
4' Octave (Diapason)
ACCOMPANIMENT
16' Contra Viol TC
16' Vox Humana TC
8' Tuba Horn
8' Open Diapason
8' Tibia Clausa
8' Clarinet
8' Violin
8' Violin Celeste
8' Flute
8' Vox Humana
4' Piccolo
4' Violin
4' Octave Celeste
4' Flute
4' Vox Humana
2-2/3' Twelfth (Flute)
2' Piccolo (Flute)
Chrysoglott
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Castanets
Chinese Block
Tom Tom (Single-stroke Snare Drum w/ snare muted)
SOLO
16' Ophicleide
16' Bass
16' Contra Viol TC
8' Tuba Horn
8' Open Diapason
8' Tibia Clausa
8' Clarinet
8' Violin
8' Violin Celeste
8' Flute
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion (Tuba)
4' Octave
4' Piccolo
4' Violin
4' Octave Celeste
4' Flute
2-2/3' Twelfth (Flute)
2' Fifteenth (Violin)
2' Piccolo (Flute)
1-3/5' Tierce (Flute)
Cathedral Chimes
Sleigh Bells (tuned)
Xylophone
Glockenspiel
Chrysoglott
BACK RAIL--
PEDAL SECOND TOUCHES
Bass Drum
Kettle Drum (Bass Drum roll using snare drum-style beaters)
Crash Cymbal
Cymbals (actually only one--Single-stroke--struck with a maple mallet)
ACCOMPANIMENT SECOND TOUCHES
8' Tuba Horn
8' Open Diapason
8' Clarinet
Cathedral Chimes
Xylophone
Triangle
SOLO SECOND TOUCHES
16' Ophicleide
8' Tibia Clausa
8' Clarinet
TREMULANTS
Main (all Main Chamber ranks)
Vox
Tibia
Tuba
TOE STUDS--Arranged 7 and 2--left to right on either side of the swell pedals
Pedal Combinations 1-3
--Effects--Not necessarily in this order:
Fire Gong (brass plate struck w/ a maple mallet--reiterating action)
Bird (oil-filled whistle)
Pistol Shot (actually Tom Tom)
Surf (slow build-and-subside air leak blown across a thin metal plate edge)
Horse's Hooves (two wooden cups slapping rim-to-rim--reiterating action)
Klaxon ("old school" automobile horn--sounds like a loud, sick duck)
--Accompaniment Key Cheek--Right side--Door Bell (fire alarm type--not "ding-dong")
SWELL PEDALS--Left to right
Main
Solo
PIANO-STYLE PEDALS--Located in the kick panel at the right end of the Pedal clavier
Left Pedal--1st Touch--Snare Drum Roll/2nd Touch--Bass Drum & single-stroke Cymbal
Right Pedal--1st Touch--Sfortzando--All pipe ranks/2nd Touch--Adds all tuned percussions--Affects Pedal and Solo keyboards
COMBINATION ACTION--Adjustable at setters in console
Pedal--1-3 (toe pistons noted above)
Accompaniment Key Slip--10 pistons--PP/P/MF/F/FF & 1-5 (1-3 tied to Pedal pistons 1-3)
Solo Key Slip--10 pistons--P/MF/F/FF/FFF & 1-5
CHAMBER ANALYSIS
Main Chamber--All ranks--10" wind--Swell shutters--12" wind
16' Flute--97 pipes
8'TC Violin Celeste--61 pipes
8' Violin--85 pipes
16' Open Diapason--85 pipes--Bottom 12 pipes are metal Diaphones
8' Clarinet--61 pipes
Chrysoglott (Wurlitzer's name for a Celesta)--49 notes
Relays and Switch Stack--12" wind
Solo Chamber--Swell shutters--12" wind--Percussion Stack--12" wind
8' Vox Humana--61 pipes--6" wind
8' Tibia Clausa--73 pipes--10" wind
16' Harmonic Tuba--85 pipes--15" wind
Percussion Stack--Xylophone--37 notes
Glockenspiel--30 notes
Cathedral Chimes--25 notes
Sleigh Bells--25 notes
Non-Tuned Percussions (a.k.a. "Traps")
Sound Effects
BLOWER
5 Horsepower--Could have been a Kinetic Engineering unit or a Spencer Turbine Co.
"Orgo-blo" in this period of manufacture
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