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Owner (1983)

Phipps Center for the Arts
109 Locust Street
Hudson, WI

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Built for Paramount Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota. Moved here from 2nd home, TV station KSTP, Minneapolis, MN. Originally Style 260, 15rk. -Database Manager

2014-03-31 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- The three manual console is from Wurlitzer opus 2131 originally installed at the Oriental Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts in 1930. -Database Manager

2017-03-09 - Wurlitzer "Style Sp 3m" - a Style 260 Special with 16 ranks<br> Factory date: July 28, 1926<br> Built for the Paramount Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1957, moved to KSTP-TV, also in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1983, moved to the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wisconsin, a gift from Hubbard Broadcasting and the Stanley Hubbard family, owners of KSTP-TV. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: Michael Barone Date not recorded

Hudson, Wisconsin
Phipps Center for the Arts

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.   Opus 1404   1926   3 manuals, 17 pipe ranks, 2 digital ranks
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       MAIN CHAMBER (left, 8 ranks)                    SOLO CHAMBER (right, 9 ranks)
   16' Diaphonic Diapason    85 pipes               8' Post Horn             61 pipes
    8' Clarinet              73 pipes *             8' Brass Trumpet         61 pipes
    8' Viole d'Orchestre     85 pipes              16' Harmonic Tuba         85 pipes
    8' Viole Celeste         85 pipes              16' Tibia Clausa          97 pipes
    8' Salicional            73 pipes *             8' Orchestral Oboe       61 pipes
    8' Salicional Celeste    73 pipes *             8' Kinura                61 pipes
    8' Spitz Flute           73 notes (digital)     8' Saxophone             61 pipes
    8' Spitz Flute Celeste   73 notes (digital)     8' Oboe Horn             61 pipes *
   16' Concert Flute         97 pipes *             8' Quintadena            61 pipes
    8' Vox Humana            61 pipes                  Xylophone             37 notes
       Marimba/Harp          49 notes                  Glockenspiel          37 notes
       Chrysoglott           49 notes                  Chimes                25 notes
       Piano (Wurlitzer)     85 notes                  Sleigh Bells          25 notes

    *  plus 16' Pedal extension (digital)

       TRAPS AND EFFECTS
       Bass Drum     (Pedal only)
       Crash Cymbal  (Pedal only)
       Tap Cymbal
       Snare Drum
       Tambourine
       Castanets
       Chinese Block
       Tom Tom
       Triangle
       Bell          (button)
       Bird          (button)
       Auto Horn     (button)
       Train Whistle
       Fire Gong
       Whistle
       Surf

[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-03-09]

Websites

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