Wurlitzer 105 Band Organ - # 2

Recently-restored 1930's 105 playing Bach-Phantom Medley, arr. by Rich Olsen.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Wurlitzer
• Band
• Organ
• Carousel
• music
• Pipe
• Mechanical
• Music
• Midi

[mnbandorgan]

The organ is sounding great! This video is my favorite. Keep 'em coming. Very enjoyable

[max9046]

Thanks. Rich Olsen did a great job arranging this mix of two songs. Some of the chords were challenging for the wind pump. The audio recording was better here than later, when I started to "improve" it with external Mics.

[whoisthisguy724]

@GermanStreetOrgan It plays T&F at the beginning.  Rich Olsen Arrangement. Slightly different (longer) than the Bob Stuhmer arrangement on my channel.

[GermanStreetOrgan]

@anglerfly NO TOCCATA AND FUGE

[vjvousden]

Awesome! You developed that roll yourself? Wow, that's amazing! Great job and thanks for posting for the world to see.

[anglerfly]

The song is called PLeude in d minor by: bach

[anglerfly]

SOunds like"deep purple"

[max9046]

It certainly does. Most probably haven't heard a 105 putting out music like that. They seem to be thought of as an "Attention Getter" for a Carousel. This tune makes a strong case for Midi.

[Yaledmot]

With the screws, there is no real harm done, though it certainly would change the ensemble color a bit.

I rebuilt a large Niagara band organ a number of years ago. It had long since been converted to play Wurlitzer rolls. It was/is so bloody loud that the entire organ is in a glassed-in room and still gets out like gangbusters.

Your MIDI attachment has proven these organs could do vastly more than the crummy Wurlitzer rolls were ever capable of. That Bugler's Holiday is astounding.

[max9046]

The normal frequency of those pipes were resonating somewhere inside me.  You probably noticed I play it in the Den all the time, and it's bit more civilized now with the holes plugged. It was a choice of turning off the Piccolos or lowering the pitch. The screws are barely large enough to plug the hole without enlarging it.

[Yaledmot]

What was the intended goal of plugging the harmonic nodal holes? Softer sound?

Lower pitch?

The harmonic pipes are, via the nodal holes, supposed to speak at half their length but with bit more power.  By plugging the holes, these pipes are probably playing an octave lower than they were intended. Wisely, you used screws and did not ruin the pipes by cutting them--I have seen this done and there is no return to the original configuration and one ends up with junk.

[joe22twentytoo]

love it !!!!