They had theatre voicing, electronic organ sounds, special effects,Īutomatic left hand and pedal, the Orbit, the Slide and much more. The Models 630 and 950 were superlative instruments. In the mid to late 1970s, Wurlitzer developed models that can beĬonsidered the greatest age of the Wurlitzer electronic organ. Eventually,Ī genuine Leslie replaced the Spectra-Tone. The first model to include this was the 370 spinet.
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Synthesizer, a sub-standard keyboard above the two manuals of the organ. The next significant development was the introduction of the Orbit The reed-electric days, a full-size church organ with 32 pedals. In 1967, the Model 4700 appeared featuring, for the first time since Other models of various sizes were also manufactured. Not identical sounding to a Leslie speaker. Spectra-Tone, which was a rotating speaker system actually built into the Both of these organs included, for the first time, Was the console version, and uniquely, had the identical stoplist of theĤ300. The Model 4300 was a big spinet with many features and an abundance In 1964, Wurlitzer gave up vacuum tubes and went all-transistor. Invention was the Ssh-Boom, which provided bass drum and cymbals sounds when Gulbransen,Īctually Seeburg, later developed the first rhythm unit built directly into This was a separate unit with its own controls and amplification, and The Side Man, an automatic rhythm unit was introduced in 1959. Two Wurlitzer inventions also came on the scene. To manufacture the reed-electric organs until 1964. Also, the Slide was a copy of Lowrey’s Glide, which dated back to The Wurlitzer tone was a little less distinct than Lowrey. Personal observations of these instruments: their stop lists were very close to Lowrey organs at that time, but Was a standard spinet and included the Slide for Hawaiian guitar and other In 1959, Wurlitzer introduced their first electronic organs using Information about Wurlitzer ree-electric organs, click here for an article Only used to produce the vibration necessary to generate a note, which isĭo not actually hear the sound of the reeds. These organs are not actually reed organs in the sense of Grandma’s The 4800 was a large two-manual, 32 pedal organ with more stops,Ĭlarification should be made at this point. Volume was controlled through the combination of those stops. Pedal Medium, Pedal Full, but the 4602 had five traditional organ voices and Strings 8’, 4602 Salicional 8’ 4600 Tone Coloring 2-2/3’, 4602 NazardĤ600, the pedal stops were Double Bass 16’, Octave Bass 8’, Pedal Soft, Pedalboard and modification of some of the stops. The 4602 was the same as the 4600 but had a 32-note Melody Lane, although most of his work was on Hammond and a sparseĪmount on Conn. Griffin used this model for many recordings and his television program 67 The 4600 had two 61-note manuals and 25 pedals with a standard stop
#Antique wurlitzer organ manual
They were the 44 (they did not call it 4400 as they did with otherĤ4 was a spinet with nine stops on each manual and three lever controls forĤ410 had percussion (Attack and Sustain), and subsequent models withĪdditional features were called 4420, 4430, etc. Of the reed-electric organ was introduced. Were excellent, I have played several of them in churches and they soundedġ9, these models were discontinued and a new, streamlined version Mid-1960s, the Hammond Organ Company purchased Everett.Īfter the war, Wurlitzer came out with several models using reeds andĮlectronic amplification, designated as various models from Model 20 to This form, it was not practical and needed many improvements to be a fully Wurlitzer Company purchased the Everett Organ Company in Grand Haven,Ĭompany was famous for the Orgatron, which was a reed organ Just before the involvement of the United States in World War II, the The Wurlitzer Organ will always be remembered as the Mighty Wurlitzerġ935, the company discontinued production of these fine instruments. The centuries, band instruments and were famous for jukeboxes. Wurlitzer Company goes back to the 1600s in Germany, manufacturing lutes and 2013 Memorial Page for Frank Pugno 1950-2013 Mikey Mills Sanfilippo Foundation - 1922 Wurlitzer 180 Band Organ - Stars & Stripes Forever Wurlitzer Style %0 Band Organ Bohemian Rhapsody Played by 100+ year old fairground organ Caramelldansen Played On A 95 Year Old Wurlitzer Band Organ POWER IN THE BLOOD! played on a Wurlitzer 165 Wurlitzer 105 Band Organ-American Patrol 79 Richter - The Washington Post March O Roll Test Orchestrion Plays "Beer Barrel Polka" Merry Go Round Broke Down 166 wurlitzer band organ.Wurlitzer Organs By Frank Pugno In Memorium: RIP Frank Pugno, Author of these pages on He passed away Sept 29. 1910 Ruth Model 36-X Concert Band Organ Plays "Hello, Dolly!" Medley Arr.
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