- Wurlitzer organ model 4059 manuals#
- Wurlitzer organ model 4059 serial number#
- Wurlitzer organ model 4059 series#
Its largest pipe is 32 feet in length and 3 feet 6 inches in diameter and the organ boasted 600 miles of electric wiring and over 2,000,000 separate electric contacts.īy 1944 when the Regent Theatre Orchestra was disbanded, the Console was moved to the orchestra lift in the center of the stage, by then its timber casing had been painted white.
Wurlitzer organ model 4059 manuals#
At a cost reported in the press of £25–30,000, it was the last instrument of its type in Australia and remained at the Regent until 1964.Ĭomprising 15 ranks - sets of pipes producing the same timbre for each note - and percussion, spread over three keyboard manuals and pedals, it claimed to be the largest organ possessed by any theatre in the county. This Wurlitzer Pipe Organ was originally in Brisbane’s Regent Theatre which opened on 8 November 1929, installed on an electric lift to the left of the orchestra pit. The Australian Cinémathèque provides an ongoing program of film that you’re unlikely to see elsewhere, offering a rich and diverse experience of the moving image, showcasing the work of influential filmmakers and international cinema, rare 35mm prints, and recent restorations including silent films with live musical accompaniment. QAGOMA is the only Australian art gallery with purpose-built facilities dedicated to film and the moving image. It is a rare opportunity to be able to view silent films on the big screen some hundred years since ‘talkies’ became a theatre sensation - thus ending the silent film era - however our Wurlitzer brings these films back to life as they were intended to be enjoyed. It is from these chambers in conjunction with the sole power source for the organ – Spencer Turbine Company’s Spencer Steel Orgoblo – located in the basement that the “mighty” Wurlitzer gets its might.Hidden beneath the stage of the purpose-built Australian Cinémathèque at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), and only revealed for special screenings is our much loved 1929 Wurlitzer Style 260 Opus 2040 Pipe Organ. These chambers that house the ranks of pipes, the percussion, and the organs other effects, are tucked away behind the walls on either side of the Palace stage. The console is positioned in the orchestra pit and, thanks to a 2014 reinstall/refurbishment, can once again rise majestically on a lift for solo presentation and then, once the featured organist has performed, will again descend gracefully back into the orchestra pit.Ī virtually unknown and certainly unseen feature of the Lorain Palace Wurlitzer is its organ chambers. The Wurlitzer Style 220 has three manuals (keyboards), ten ranks of pipes, and many special effects (drums, bells, etc.) typical of cinema organs of its era. It is also one of only two Wurlitzer’s of this particular style – world wide – that is still in its original installed location and in its original installed condition. Based on the earlier H3M Wurlitzer model, the Palace’s organ is one of only seven ever built in this style. The Palace Theater’s Wurlitzer is a model 220. In the end, Wurlitzer wound up building more “specials” than standard theater organ models. A lot of standard models were built and sold, but many of Wurlitzer’s theater organs were not “standard” and thus designated as “specials”.
Wurlitzer organ model 4059 series#
Wurlitzer designed a series of standard models which were given a style designation. It was fully installed by March 15, 1928.
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The organ was tagged for delivery to the Lorain Palace Theater on February 25, 1928. The Lorain Palace Theater’s Wurlitzer is Opus 1858.
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Wurlitzer organ model 4059 serial number#
Each Wurlitzer theater organ has an “Opus” number, that is a serial number specific to that particular instrument. Wurlitzer was only one, but by far the largest, of many builders of theater pipe organs.