A Trip to Wurlitzer (North Tonawanda, NY. Part 1 of 5)

[paulj0557]

Ha ha ha, I'm playing this video through my 1946 Wurlitzer model 310 rotary 'vibrato' tone cabinet as the opening credits spin. I've been using my Marantz receiver temporarily as an amp while I have the Wurli's amps out recapping. They've been done for a couple of weeks, but I fell in love with the rotary sound on old audio. The 310 is not as intense as a Leslie ( no horn rotor, just a 12 inch facing up into a big steel rotor that looks like a mailbox sqeezed in the center to resemble a bowtie.

[deancook652]

It seems to me that Wurlitzer stopped production of Band Organs roughly the same time the Theatre Organ market started to take off around 1910 or so. Their band organs were known variously as Orchestrions or Photo Players, and were built for smaller picture houses.

I had a friend (now deceased) who had a Wulitzer Model 100 band Organ, among a couple of others, including a Bursen's Dance Organ he kept in his pizza restaurant and played 3 selections off one roll for a quarter each!

[tregnier279]

No, Band Organ production ceased in 1939. The last sent out was a WurliTzer style 165 in a style 157 case.

[anglerfly]

@tregnier279 there is a video of it.

[wurly164]

They stopped selling by the early 40's but I thought in the history, they would have said something and thank you about my video's

[wurly164]

What about the band organs?

[belyal]

I don't know - was Wurlitzer still making many band organs this late? Great videos on your page, by the way!

[music22589]

@belyal mo they stopped about 1932

[music22589]

@music22589 i mean no, wow sorry tregnier279 sort of copied you, but they only made limited quantities of organs between 32-39

[anglerfly]

@wurly164 I went to the wurlITzer thing.

[DreadVisage001]

Hah, thats right down the street from where I live!! Ive always wanted to go into the tower and look out over the town at night, that would be awesome.

[kilyomama]

fuckin great!

[crazyqt1119]

go NT!

[LHUPA]

Very good (and rare in this shape) collection of video docs affairing to Wurlitzer! A must for every jukebox enthousiasts in the world! - I don't understand why the first episode (this one) is reddish while all the other ones are black and white... Perhaps the age of the film?

You are very lucky to have it!

[cbidwll59]

Please post !

[mrrk]

More please

[belyal]

OK, will do! Give me a week or two though.