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Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co. Opus 1603 (1927)

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

Images

1920's - Exterior (Photograph from an archival source: submitted by David Lewis/David Lewis)

2015 - Theatre interior (Photograph by Robidoux Resident Theatre, submitted by David Lewis/David Lewis)

1938-08-07 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: St. Joseph News-Press, submitted by David Lewis/David Lewis)

Consoles

Pit

• Organ type: Horseshoe
• Console position: Movable Console
• 3 manuals
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2021-01-07 - Removed to storage in Texas in 1956. Moved to storage in Denver. Pipework to Arizona pizza parlor. Console later owned by Organist George Wright--per New-Press article date Jan. 1980. -David Lewis

2021-01-08 - Updated through online information from David Lewis. -- This was a style 235. -Jim Stettner

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