Fairground Organ -- Wurlitzer 146A - Ben Hur Chariot Race

This is a Rudolph Wurlitzer Model 146A Military Band Organ - Circa 1920's.

Serial Number 3514 is stamped on the back cover board of the wind chest. Records (Wurlitzer Band Organ manufacturing ledger) indicate that this number was assigned during March 1923.

This model has 49 keys. It plays a style 150 paper roll.

It is equipped with the following instrumentation.

Outside: Bass, Cymbal and Snare Drum.
Inside: 3 wooden trombones, 3 octave stopped basses 15 wooden trumpets, 15 stopped flutes, 16 violin, 9 open and 16 open flute pipes
Bottom: 3 open bass, 9 stopped accompaniment, 16 stopped melody pipes.
Stops: 1 for trumpets, 1 for stopped flutes, 1 for inside violin pipes.

I tuned this instrument in July 2008. It shows some improvement over my first video.

This automatic musical instrument has been in our family for over 40 years. It was used on the carousel at the Glen Burnie MD Annual Carnival and Baltimore City MD Fair throughout the 1970's

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fairground
• organ
• bandorgan
• Wurlitzer

[anglerfly]

The bellows are too loud!

[korczyns]

The pressure pump is due for a rebuild.

[anakarina1011]

isn't this carousel music?

[HammondB200]

rollercoaster tycoon1-memories

[matchad1]

How much would you sell this apparatus for sir? This is my favorite musical compose on a wurltizer machine.

[matchad1]

How much would you sell this apparatus for sir?

[GermanStreetOrgan]

Is called a Band organ not a fairground organ.

[cstar160]

it's cool and weirs at the same time

[Teme00010]

I love those organs...

[jenshalen]

schööönes ding!!

[Wurlitzer157]

Please can I hear more of this organ!

[Wurlitzer157]

I very much hope for more video.

It seems there's a new one each year,

I hope there can be more videos very soon. It's been a whole 2 years almost!

Please. I'd like to get a idea on how it'd sound from the front of the organ.