Wurlitzer 125: "On the Beautiful Blue Danube"

[@exxzxxe]

Inspiring!

[@chuckie8059]

Beautiful

[@FordTransitMan2008]

Burns BD11 EHR with this playing in the background:)

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[@CBF1]

My broken music box plays this song...

[@whoisthisguy724]

I'm not sure. Kennywood's organ has had a light that turns on and off with the bell stop for as long as I can remember, but no other organ with lights that I've seen has this feature so I guess it was added.

[@whoisthisguy724]

I'm not too sure. I've only seen one other Wurlitzer with a similar feature and that's the 153 at Dorney Park, which has a light inside the swell box, but that light stays on all the time since that machine has no shutters. I have also recently found out that in addition to the bell light, Kennywood's 153 also has a second air-switch-operated light and that would be installed inside the swell box, and it turns on and off with the opening and closing of the shutters

[@whoisthisguy724]

@andrewjf82 I sent Jeff some links to special air switches to switch the lights on and off with the roll perforations. I suggested he put a couple lights behind the swell shutters that turn on when they open, and lights over each roll frame that alternate with the roll frames

[@andrewjf82]

@Wurlitzer157 No, this was from a 2007 auction just outside of Pittsburgh. The previous owner had purchased it from Hathaway and Bowers in 1982, just after it had undergone a complete restoration. It was either located in Canada before restoration, or it was restored in Canada, because all of the rolls that came with the organ were stamped with 1982 customs stamps. I didn't receive any information about the organ prior to restoration, and have yet to locate a complete serial number.

[@FordTransitMan2008]

Sounds Better Than Colby Kendrick😈

[@andrewjf82]

Were these air switches installed by the Wurlitzer factory though, or are they a more contemporary modification? The concept was certainly around (certain orchestrions, including the Seeburg KT Special with it's red lights in the drum, have lights that go on and off with music), but was this done by Wurlitzer? Just wondering...

[@andrewjf82]

Busy with the holidays. Par for the course. I'll look forward to seeing the new paint job. Do the lights on all Wurlitzers stay on, or are they sometimes connected to go on and off with one of the roll perforations (such as the swell shutters)?

[@Wurlitzer157]

Was this the band organ Tim Trager was selling a little while back?

[@RobinPratt]

Please tune if you are going post these instruments and expect people to take them seriously.

[@MartinWoad]

He said it was for Halloween. It sounds perfect when it's not in-tune. It's really gloomy.

[@RobinPratt]

OK whatever you say, but since it was written as a "gloomy" piece, I doubt if orchestras and concert pianists would perform it without tuning.

[@MartinWoad]

I mean the original work of art wasn't gloomy, but making your instrument slightly off-tune can often produce this effect. I know the classical theory of music doesn't allow this, but no classical theory was ever perfect. Look at classical theory of physics for example. It is true... but only to an extent.

[@chuckie8059]

Thank you for posting as it is , it still sounded great. Reminded me of my childhood going to the Carnival at the Kights of Columbus where there was a carousel with a Wurlitzer mounted to it and I enjoyed the music from the carousel more than I liked the rides .

[@FordTransitMan2008]

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