This organ is not owned or maintained by LATOS. A 10-horsepower Spencer Turbine Orgoblo powers the entire system. There areР’В four keyboards, 260 switches, and an array of controls and pedals on the organ console. The Mighty Wurlitzer consists of more than 2,600 pipes. The Wurlitzer factory in North Tonawanda suffered with design issues for itРІР‚в„ўs new mechanism in the early 1970РІР‚в„ўs and, due somewhat to the success of the German plant, closed its door in 1974.

To this day, audiences can enjoy silent films accompanied live by the Mighty Wurlitzer, sound films, as well as ragtime, jazz and pipe organ concerts at Old Town Music Hall. In 1960 Wurlitzer established a German subsidiary in HР“Сllhorst who produced jukeboxes from 1961 under the name Deutsche Wurlitzer. In November 1968, the search for a new and suitable location resulted in its present home of 188 seats in the original El Segundo State Theater. Due to inadequate space the instrument was dismantled and stored. The Wurlitzer Organ will always be remembered as the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ of the 1920a and 1930s. They developed, over the centuries, band instruments and were famous for jukeboxes. This concept became a reality in 1960 when this fully restored instrument was installed in a small studio in Los Angeles for the purpose of presenting organ concerts and silent films to public and private audiences. The Wurlitzer Company goes back to the 1600s in Germany, manufacturing lutes and violins. 'Gee Dad, its a Wurlitzer.' (with Multi-Matic Percussion by Wurlitzer) Pick-up only due to the size of the piece, located in Houston, Texas. Wurlitzer/Marr & Colton : Organ went to Helen Dell and was later broken up by David Junchen : Arizona: Phoenix: Organ Stop Pizza: 1972: 1987: 4/33 Wurlitzer: Graumans Egyptian, Hollywood: Krughoff Residence : Arizona: Sun City: Tivoli Gardens: 1978: 1979: 3/14 Wurlitzer : Still open, organ removed - dont know when: Arizona: Tucson: Organ Stop.

One of the first electric organs made by the legendary Rudolph Wurlitzer Company.

Old Town Music Hall is a concept that started in 1958 by Bill Coffman and Bill Field with the purchase of the Mighty Wurlitzer from the Fox West Coast Theater in Long Beach CA. The sounds are more like that of a precursor to what is more commonly known as the synthesizer.

1960 wurlitzer organ