Encores Archive - Wurlitzer In The House Documentary

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In this documentary, we take a trip to the Gamonut State Kilburn, Len Rawle's Home and to his Parents house at Wurlitzer Lodge plus an Interview with Florence De Jong and Ena Baga! Broadcast 1978.

[@johnbarwick3546]

What a lovely addition to You Tube. This shows the value of our internet- the ability to preserve the beauty of the past and to keep for future generations the history of some of our beautiful musical instruments- which hopefully will live on. Thank you for sharing.

[@pawleybrianUS]

What a wonderful treat for us organ lovers. Never saw this back in 1978. Great to see some personal friends and acquaintances on film.

[@natethefighter]

I love that the house is called 'Tonawanda'. I live in North Tonawanda, NY, where Wurlitzer had its North American headquarters.

[@safenders]

Lol, good Tonawanda

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Thanks for posting! Wurlitzer lover here, including the great electronic Wurlitzer,Conn,Gulbransen, Rodgers, and Allen models. The Wurlitzer electrostatic reed organs1946-61 are becoming increasingly endangered, please scout these out and save them. Like the Hammond tone wheel organs they can play trouble free for many generations and be repaired quite easily with basic parts and skills.

[@Baxtonmoor]

A brilliant reminder of what a trip to the cinema used to be like before my time (I'm only a post-war baby-boomer) and the sounds that organs are capable of producing in competent hands.

[@captainwendell]

Thanks for sharing this video! I really enjoyed watching it

[@jonkino]

Wonderful cinema and Wonderful Wurlitzer. This cinema is about to be turned into a Weatherspoons pub. I wonder if the organ is still there or long gone.

[@wurlitzer895]

I echo Wendell Brunk's comments. I and my dear Father had the real pleasure of playing this organ way back in the late 1960s. William Weir was the manager at the time and we paid him the requisite 2 guineas for the practice session. The happiest memories of my mid-teens.

[@safenders]

Where are you from? Tonawanda, NY by chance?

[@wurlitzer895]

@@safenders Hi there! No. SE London, UK. Maybe my comment was a little ambiguous. The organ we played was the Wurlitzer installed in the Gaumont State Theatre, North London. The nearest I've been to Tonawanda was a helicopter ride over the Niagara Falls during a holiday to Canada in 2001!! All good wishes. Peter A

[@safenders]

@@wurlitzer895 aha, I should have gave more attention to your original comment. Niagra falls is so close. Just a relatively short drive. Thanks for the reply.

[@wurlitzer895]

@@safenders Thank you for your reply. Yes, it is indeed - very close, but to quote the old adage 'it was so near, yet so far'!! Keep well!! Peter A :)

[@Ziegler-boothBlogspot]

Fascinating Thank you for adding this to KZbin!

[@wurlitzerwilly]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@derekmaine]

Great. Many thanks for this, Derek.De.Maine (Actor)

[@regent260]

and even Sidney Torch at the opening?.....Never seen footage of him playing Amazing!!!!

[@joanerhard454]

very old 1936. My age, file for historianfile. Love the old music, o the younger generations can learn the history of music.

[@safenders]

Yes!

[@porridgeandprunes]

It appears from the closing titles that the documentary was produced in 1979.

[@johanbrand8601]

I saw that too yes.

[@johnteska9070]

Great video hand down.

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent

[@andrewc.2952]

Wow, they were there in the 1920s! The voice of history and pop culture no less. It's absolutely thrilling.

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

Brilliant! Thanks.

[@ianmidgley2247]

Great stuff :-)

[@danielmkubacki]

Cool.

[@robertnogues8345]

Is the organ still there and in working order

[@diapasonabsolu]

Oh, il est chouette ton accordéon!

[@Tmanaz480]

LOL... The opening number the organ is playing is "Sing as You Go", known better to Monty Python fans as "Sit on My Face".

[@shindarov8684]

Hhhhj