Strand Theatre
543 Columbia Road
Dorchester
Boston, MA
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2023-11-09 - Console on display in the lobby (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Blower & Motor (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Spensor Blower Nameplate (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Vox Humana Box (House Right Chamber) (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Vox Humana Box and Chimes (House Right Chamber) (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - House Right Chamber (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Combination setterboard (back of console) (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Main chamber (house left chamber) (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-01-08 - Swell shades of Vox Humana case (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Inside of console (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Pedal stoptabs (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Accompaniment stoptabs (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Solo stoptabs #1 (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Solo stoptabs #2 (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Solo stoptabs #3 (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Remnants of windline and main cable (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Clarient (closest to shades) (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Under the main chest (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Chrysoglott (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Front of toy counter (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-09 - Back of toy counter (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Vio 8' and Flute 8 pizzicato machine (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Tuned sleighbells (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Vol Celeste and V.D.O. (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Relay and switch board (outer side of case) (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Exterior of case with relay at the bottom and Chrysoglott above (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Xylophone (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Top of case with tone shoot on the right (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Exterior of tone shoot with ladder and built from shipping crates (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Glockenspiel at front center of case (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Bass drum and kettle drum mechanism (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Tuba Horn (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Diaphone located in the back of the case behind the Viol Celeste and VDO (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Tuba boots (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Flute, VDO, Viol Celeste, Open Diapason, Tuba (from back to front) (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Oboe (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Bourdon (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
2023-11-08 - Main windline behind case (Dan Rousseau/Dan Rousseau)
Consoles
2 Manual Console
- Organ type: Horseshoe
- 2 manuals
- 68 stops
- 27 registers
- 2 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Pressure)
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Setterboard
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Blowers
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Notes
2024-03-14 - The Wurlitzer Theater Organ, installed in 1918, is believed to be Wurlitzer Opus 193 “style 4”. According to records, the blower serial number matches that of the Spencer Blower records database, indicating that the organ was delivered to the "Codman Sq Theatre", which was the name of this area in Dorchester. There have been rumors that the organ was removed and replaced with a smaller model around the early 1920s. However, based on the evidence of the full organ being intact and its current location, it is unlikely that this happened. Therefore, it is my opinion that this is the original 1918 Wurlitzer Theatre organ of the Strand Theatre. -Dan Rousseau
2024-11-21 - The reference in "Notes" by Dan Rousseau stating that this location was once referred to as Codman Square is inaccurate and should be corrected. While there was a Codman Square Theatre with a Wurlitzer, it was in Codman Square, a completely different neighborhood. To my understanding, what was referenced by the Wurlitzer & Spencer Turbine was either a clerical error, or the result of one organ needing to be delivered sooner to its neighboring theatre. Please note that both the Codman Square Theatre and the Strand were under construction at the same time with the Strand's completion overtaking that of the Codman Square. It is believed that Wurlitzer rerouted the order from the Codman to the Strand in order to expedite delivery to the first theatre to be completed.
Information received online from Michael Soucy on 2024-11-20 -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
2 Manuals - 8 Ranks - 5 Tuned Percussions - 10 Traps - Curved Console
Vox on 6" in separate box with Chimes
Tuba on 15" with no tremulant
Tuba and Vox in Solo Chamber
Other ranks on a 4 and a 2 rank manual chest in Main Chamber Source: theatreorgans.com
Rank Analysis Tuba Horn 16, Diaphonic Diapason 16, Clarinet 8, Oboe Horn 8, Viol d'Orchestre 8, Viol Celeste 8, Concert Flute 16, Cathedral Chimes, Vox Humana 8, Xylophone, Sleigh Bells, Glockenspiel, Chrysoglott
PEDAL Ophicleide 16, Bourdon 16, Diaphone 16, Diaphonic Diapason 8, Tuba Horn 8, Clarinet 8, Octave 4, Cello 8, Bass Drum, Kettle Drum, Cymbal, Crash Cymbal
TREMULANTS Main, Vox Humana
ACCOMPANIMENT Diaphonic Diapason 8, Tuba Horn 8, Contra Viol 16 (TC), Clarinet 8, Oboe Horn 8, Viol d'Orchestre 8, Viol Celeste 8, Concert Flute 8, Viol d'Orchestre 4, Flute 4, Octave Celeste 4, Vox Humana 8, Vox Humana 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Chrysoglott, Tambourine, Snare Drum, Piccolo 2, Castanets, Tom Tom, Chinese Block, Sleigh Bells
Accomp Second Touch Clarinet 8, Tuba Horn 8, Triangle, Sleigh Bells, Xylophone, Flute (Pizzicato)
SOLO Ophicleide 16, Contra Viol 16 (TC), Tuba Horn 8, Diaphonic Diapason 8, Clarinet 8, Oboe Horn 8, Viol d'Orchestre 8, Viol Celeste 8, Concert Flute 8, Vox Humana 8, Clarion 4, Octave 4, Viol d'Orchestre 4, Flute 4, Octave Celeste 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Piccolo 2, Fifteenth 2, Tierce 1 3/5, Cathedral Chimes, Sleigh Bells, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Orchestra Bells (re-it), Chrysoglott
Solo Second Touch Ophicleide 16, Clarinet 8, Viol d'Orchestre 8 (Pizzicato)
GENERAL Two Expression Pedals, One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal, -1st Touch, Full Stops (wind), One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal, - 1st Touch, Snare Drum, -2nd Touch, Everything, - 2nd Touch, Bass Drum and Cymbal
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