Wurlitzer 180 Band Organ

"Molly" (Goulding & Dougherty) played by the Wurlitzer Style 180 band organ in the Sanfilippo collection in Illinois. Only 3 Wurlitzer 180s exist. This is the only one that plays Style 180 rolls, of which there are 9 known originals, containing just 56 different tunes. This recording was made by Paul Quam.

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[pauldquam1]

Hi! I don't remember how MY recording of this beauty got on YouTube.. I was

at Sanfilippo's place and did quite a bit of video and audio recording including

this wonderful 180. I am submitting videos on YouTube of various organs,

including the Spokane WA Charles I.D. Looff Carousel and Ruth & Sohn Band

Organ, a quality video worth looking for. Thanks. pauldquam@yahoo.com

[darvozz]

@pauldquam1 Hi Paul! Thanks for making this excellent recording! I got it from a friend and put it on YouTube. Sorry I didn't ask for your permission. I will watch for your videos. Dan

[sousafan100]

awsome sounding organ - it sounds big - nice selection and arrangement too - is this wulitzer's largest organ - thanks dan

[darvozz]

@sousafan100 Yes, the 180 was the largest band organ that Wurlitzer made.

[darvozz]

@StinsonOrganGroupie I do hope that sometime someone will build an organ to play Style 180 rolls, and have the rolls recut again.

[whoisthisguy724]

HOLY #%!T!!! This thing is MASSIVE!!!

[ChingfordBoy45]

@pauldquam1 are there any commercial recordings or any other at Sanphilippo

as I would like some for my music library.

[RWBHere]

@MrSaturdayNightSpecL New organs are being built around the world. Some are bigger than this one. Apart from well-known companies, such as Verbeeck, there are plenty of smaller builders, and quite a selection of amateurs. There's a really good home-made organ called Trudy, which is quite well-known in the USA. It has been built and added to over almost three decades by David Wasson. Several videos of it are on Youtube.

A few people are even making replicas of the smaller Wurlitzer organs.

[MrSaturdayNightSpecL]

Why is no one making new versions of these awesome pieces of history. People always say they want history to be alive and breathing so its interesting. Well here is an awesome example of that. If you know where there are more of these in the restoration process you should let people know so people can donate if need be. I have now listened to this organ play around 10 times and I am still not tired of it. If I was a millionaire I would have one of these under its own shrine in my front yard

[alterman156]

@darvozz I think it could be very difficult to build a replica Wurlitzer 180 organ though it isn't impossible. It would be great to cut more rolls for this very rare organ and perhaps to restore the 2 other surviving Wurlitzer 180s to play Wurlitzer 180 rolls. Perhaps expanding many of the Wurlitzer 165 arrangements would be a help to have more selections for these very rare organs.

[xBcvazx]

now thats a band organ.

I'm kicking myself for throwing away that CD

[darvozz]

@Musicmany2k I agree, the organ does sound better here than on Bill's recording. But I do like that recording a lot. This recording was made by the caretaker of the Spokane, WA, carousel's Ruth organ. I think he recorded other organs in this collection as well, but I only have a copy of the 180 recording. It contains five tunes and this is the only one that is not also on Bill's tape.