Glen Echo WurliTzer 165: Barney Google & Boston Commandery March

[GooglFascists]

Do the words "GET A LIFE" mean anything to you people

arguing over A LETTER 'T'?! Good God, listen to the organ!

[whoisthisguy724]

I love this organ. I've always wanted to build s replica of it lol

[Wurlitzer165nWhalom]

Who's bickering? I'm simply stating facts. The family name was Wurlitzer, no big "T", and the name of the company was Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., again, no big "T." The big "T" (since all of the letters in the trademark were capitals) was just part of the trademark design. If you want to write it that way, it's fine by me, as long as it's done in the correct trademark font and with large and small caps.

[tregnier279]

@Wurlitzer165nWhalom You're bickering because you're making an issue of my choosing to spell WurliTzer with a capitalised "t" because I think it looks better that way and because most company emphera utilised that in the logo. Yes, all the letters in the logo were capitalised and the W and T were just larger, but it's not an unreasonable carry over to regular text. Honestly, it's not a big enough deal to even merit pointing out. It's not like I brutalised the spelling of the name or anything.

[Wurlitzer165nWhalom]

This is not the Glen Echo organ, but the one formerly owned by John Malone and now in the collection of Arnold Chase, serial #3358. These recordings were done by Klavier for two LPs ("Catch the Brass Ring" volumes 1 (1975) and 2 (1978), re-issued on one CD in 1990.)

The photo is the Glen Echo 165, and I took the photograph, which has repeatedly been borrowed without permission or credit from Matthew Caulfield's Wurlitzer 165 roll catalog website, where it has been displayed with permission.

[wurlitzer165]

Hi, The big "T" on Wurlitzer sometimes makes me kind of not good. You should try "Wurlitzer," instead of "WurliTzer." Make Sense?

A

[tregnier279]

I dunno, the Wurlitzer logo was always shown with the "T" larger than the rest of the lettering. Plus, I think it looks more distinctive that way.

[music22589]

@tregnier279 My opinion is that WurliTzer used it to stand out and it be different. Plus it looks better, WurliTzer it is.

[Wurlitzer165nWhalom]

@music22589 But it's incorrect.

[music22589]

@Wurlitzer165nWhalom The WurliTzer brand is "T" but the family is Wurlitzer. Lets just settle and stop the bickering.

[Wurlitzer165nWhalom]

@tregnier279 It would be like spelling your name treGnier. It was simply a stylistic logo; the family name was Wurlitzer with all lower-case letters following the W.

[MrWurlitzer165]

@tregnier279 Yes, the Wurlitzer logo is always written with a distinctive large T in the middle, but it is also always written with an elongated leg on the final R. Those are just trademarks and should not be used when merely writing the family or company name. Why is it that some people write "WurliTzer" but make no attempt to write "WurliTzeR"? Just write it as it should be written, when not used as a trademark: Wurlitzer.

[tregnier279]

@MrWurlitzer165 Well, do whatever you like, I'll continue to spell it WurliTzer because I prefer to do so. :)

[wurlitzer165]

Hi, It is actually not the Glen Echo Wurlitzer 165 band organ, serial no. #3779. It is actually organ serial no. #3358, which is the 165 Wurlitzer band organ that is formally owned by John Malone, now Arnold Chase. Thanks for that.

[tregnier279]

I've mentioned this elsewhere and too others, I am posting these as the Glen Echo WurliTzer because that's how they were identified on the site I got them from.

This could very well be organ no. #3358, but given that they the organs sound the same when they are in prime working condition operate from the same arrangements and rolls, there's no infallible way to tell.

[Wurlitzer165nWhalom]

@tregnier279 It's definitely not the Glen Echo organ. Each 165 sounds a little bit different. One of the distinct features of the Glen Echo organ is the fact that since its 1978 restoration, it has had a "sizzle" cymbal as a crash cymbal, which sounds very bright. The crash cymbal on these recordings is flat and dull. Besides, as I noted in another post, these sound tracks are from a commercially-issued recording known to be the Chase 165.

[petermackett37]

One of the best WurliTzers i have heard,it really plays well and i like these old arrangements.

[wurly164]

There we go, good song