Unknown - Console (from Bill Webber/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console stoprail (from Bill Webber/Database Manager)
2018-07-13 - Originally built in 1922 as a Wurlitzer Style F (Opus 562) with 2 manuals, 8 ranks. In December 1923, a new Vox Humana was installed in the main chamber. A significant expansion was completed by Wurlitzer in January 1926 with a new 3-manual paneled console; the original Violin and Violin Celeste were replaced with a Viol d-Orchestre, Viol Celeste; additional ranks added were a Brass Trumpet, Quintadena, Oboe Horn, Salicional and Kinura. With this enlargement, Wurlitzer Job Number 703, this instrument became a 3/14 Wurlitzer, Style 260 Special. Haden Read rededicated the organ with a concert program in February 1926. -Database Manager
2018-07-13 - After nearly fifty years of being silent, the organ was purchased in 1977 by Roy Davis of McMinnville, Tenn., for installation in a pizza parlor in Chicago area. Before this could happen, Oscar Wilson purchased the organ and contracted Heaston Pipe Organ Company of Brownsburg, Indiana, to rebuild and reinstall the organ in his Fayette County mansion. In 1989, Oscar Wilson, who was in very poor health, donated the organ to the University of Kentucky, where it was stored until 1997. -Database Manager
2018-07-13 - The organ was slated for reinstallation in the Kentucky (Lafayette) Theatre. In 1997, KMW-TOP, Inc hired Carlton Smith Pipe Organ Restorations for technical assistance for respecification, expansion and restoration, of the Oscar Wilson (Kentucky Theatre) Wurlitzer theatre organ. Under technical guidance of internationally recognized theatre organist Mr. Lyn Larsen, Musical Contrasts, Inc of Phoenix, AZ, the organ was enlarged to a 3/16 instrument. The organ was expanded with additional ranks and percussion instruments, including 16- Tibia Clausa (12-notes), 16- Salicional (12-notes), 8- Brass Saxophone (61-notes), 8- Orchestral Oboe (61-notes), 8- English Post Horn (61-notes), 16- Oboe Horn (12-notes), 2- Tibia Clausa (12-notes) and 49-note Marimba harp; and Wurlitzer piano; in addition to variety of miscellaneous equipment including swell shades, manual chests, reservoirs, tremulants, winkers, cymbals, solid state relay, computer, blower, software and record/playback unit. -Database Manager
Typed Specification Source: from Bill Webber Date not recorded
Lexington, Kentucky
Kentucky Theatre
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Opus 562 1922 3 manuals, 8 ranks
Lyn Larsen, Musical Contrasts, Phoenix, Arizona 1997 3 manuals, 18 ranks
Revised Specification in 2005
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MAIN CHAMBER SOLO CHAMBER
16' Tuba Horn 73 pipes 8' English Horn 61 pipes
16' Diaphonic Diapason 85 pipes 8' Brass Trumpet 61 pipes
8' Tibia Clausa* 8' Horn Diapason*
8' Clarinet 61 pipes 16' Tibia Clausa 97 pipes
8' Oboe Horn 73 pipes 8' Orchestral Oboe 61 pipes
8' Viol d'Orchestre 73 pipes 8' Kinura 61 pipes
8' Viol Celeste 73 pipes 8' Brass Saxophone 61 pipes
8' Quintadena 61 pipes 16' Salicional 85 pipes
16' Concert Flute 97 pipes 8' Voix Celeste 61 pipes
8' Vox Humana 61 pipes 8' Vox Humana 61 pipes
Chrysoglott 49 notes * future installation
PERCUSSION CHAMBER
Marimba-Harp 49 notes
Glockenspiel 37 notes
Cathedral Chimes 25 notes
Sleigh Bells 25 notes
Piano 85 notes
Traps
PEDAL GREAT SOLO
32' Tibia Resultant 16' English Horn (TenC) 16' English Horn (TenC)
32' Bourdon Resultant 16' Trumpet (TenC) 16' Trumpet (TenC)
16' Ophicleide 16' Ophicleide 16' Ophicleide
16' Tibia Clausa 16' Diaphonic Horn 16' Tibia Clausa
16' Diaphonic Horn 16' Tibia Clausa 16' Saxophone (TenC)
16' Double String 16' Clarinet (TenC) 16' String Ensemble 4 Rks
16' Oboe Horn 16' Orchestral Oboe (TenC) 16' Vox Humana (S) (TenC)
16' Bourdon 16' Saxophone (TenC) 16' Vox Humana (TenC)
8' English Horn 16' Contra Viol Celeste 2 Rks 8' English Horn
8' Tuba Horn 16' Salicional Celeste 2 Rks 8' Trumpet
8' Open Diapason 16' Oboe Horn 8' Tuba Horn
8' Tibia Clausa 16' Quintadena (TenC) 8' Open Diapason
8' Clarinet 16' Bourdon 8' Tibia Clausa
8' Cello 2 Rks 16' Vox Humana (S) (TenC) 8' Clarinet
8' Salicional 16' Vox Humana (TenC) 8' Orchestral Oboe
8' Oboe Horn 8' English Horn 8' Kinura
8' Flute 8' Trumpet 8' Saxophone
16' Piano 8' Tuba Horn 8' String Ensemble 4 Rks
8' Piano 8' Open Diapason 8' Oboe Horn
Bass Drum 8' Tibia Clausa 8' Quintadena
Tympani 8' Clarinet 8' Vox Humana (S)
Crash Cymbal 8' Orchestral Oboe 8' Vox Humana
Tap Cymbal 8' Kinura 4' Piccolo
Triangle 8' Saxophone 4' String Ensemble 4 Rks
Accomp. to Pedal 8' Viol Celeste 2 Rks 2 2/3' Twelfth (Tibia)
Great to Pedal 8' Salicional Cel. 2 Rks 2' Piccolo (Tibia)
Great Octave to Pedal 8' Oboe Horn 1 3/5' Tierce (Tibia)
Solo to Pedal 8' Quintadena 1 1/3' Larigot (Tibia)
8' Concert Flute 8' Piano
ACCOMPANIMENT 8' Vox Humana (S) 4' Piano
8' English Horn 8' Vox Humana Solo Sub Octave
8' Trumpet 5 1/3' Fifth (Tibia) Unison Off
8' Tuba Horn 4' Octave Solo Octave
8' Open Diapason 4' Piccolo Harp Sub Octave
8' Tibia Clausa 4' Octave Celeste 2 Rks Chrysoglott
8' Clarinet 4' Salicet Celeste 2 Rks Xylophone Sub Octave
8' Saxophone 4' Flute Xylophone
8' Viol d'Orchestre 3 1/5' Tenth (Tibia) Glockenspiel
8' Viol Celeste 2 2/3' Twelfth (Tibia) Cathedral Chimes
8' Salicional 2 2/3' Twelfth Sleigh Bells
8' Voix Celeste 2' Piccolo (Tibia)
8' Oboe Horn 2' Fifteenth
8' Quintadena 2' Piccolo COMBINATION PISTONS
8' Concert Flute 1 3/5' Tierce (Tibia) General 20
8' Vox Humana (S) 1' Fife Accompaniment 10
8' Vox Humana 8' Piano Great 10
4' Octave 4' Piano Solo 10
4' Piccolo Harp Sub Octave Toe (assignable) 7
4' Viol Chrysoglott
4' Octave Celeste Xylophone PIANO LEVERS
4' Salicet Glockenspiel Left: 1st T - Kettle Drum
4' Voix Celeste Sub Octave 2nd T - Bass Drum &
4' Flute Unison Off Crash Cymbal
4' Vox Humana (S) Octave Right: Roll Cymbal
4' Vox Humana Solo to Great
2 2/3' Twelfth LEFT CONTROL TRAY
2' Piccolo GREAT PIZZICATO Crash Amplex
8' Piano 16' English Horn (TenC) Crash Cymbal
4' Piano Solo Sub Great Chinese Gong
Harp Sub Octave Solo to Great Roll Cymbal
Harp Snare Drum
Chrysoglott Triangle
Snare Drum TREMULANTS Chinese Block
Tom Tom Main Horse Hooves
Tambourine Solo Strings Fire Gong
Castanets Solo Bird Whistle
Chinese Block Tibia Clausa Steamboat Whistle
Tap Cymbal Vox Humana (M & S) Klaxon
Brush Cymbal Trumpet Telephone Bell
Choke Cymbal Tuba Horn Surf
Octave Vibraphone Wind Chimes
Solo to Accomp.
GENERAL RIGHT CONTROL TRAY
ACCOMPANIMENT 2ND TOUCH String Celeste Off Record Setup
8' English Horn Harp Re-it Play Setup
8' Trumpet Glock Re-it Start
8' Tuba Horn Sostenuto Off Finish
8' Open Diapason Piano Sustain On LED 2 digit display
8' Tibia Clausa Percussion to Master File Up
8' Clarinet Master Expression File Down
4' Piccolo (Tibia) Combination Load
8' Piano SWELL PEDALS Combination Save
Harp Sub Octave Percussion Memory 1
Octave Glockenspiel Main Memory 2
Cathedral Chimes Solo/Master Memory 3
Triangle Crescendo Memory 4
Accomp. Traps 2nd Touch Memory 5
Great Octave Accomp. LIFT CONTROL Memory 6
Solo to Accomp. Pizz. Up Memory 7
Solo to Accomp. Stop Memory 8
Down Reboot
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-07-13]
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