Blackpool opera house wurlitzer organ,phil kelsall.live

[Huckabeezer]

There seem to be dozens of snippets of Kelsall here on U-Tube, but this is one of the few extended length pieces. Gives you a much better appreciation of the artist and the power he's able to project....Many thanks for taking the time.

[jameskinmond1980]

quite right Matthew. It never had the "wurlitzer" music desk as original. It was the standard music desk, as had the tower before the fire. So good to see and hear this organ. It is a bit of an importance being the very last Wurlitzer to arrive here, opened in 1939, as far as I can find out.

[comptonplus]

Having gone through the archive of photographs, I can now confirm that the Opera House Wurlitzer did once have a 'WurliTzer' music rack, sometime in the 50's/60's by the look of things.

[matthewbason]

Great stuff. . . Tovey and Co have done yet another great job restoring this organ!

I thought the console looked different to how it does now, eg the music stand more like the "Thursford" organ. This console now looks like the Tower (nothing wrong with that of course!)

PK plays beautifuly again. Thank you for uploading.