The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
Opus 2157, 1931
Paramount Theatre
23 East Galena Boulevard
Aurora, IL, US
14 Ranks
Instrument ID: 51983 ● Builder ID: 7490 ● Location ID: 45511
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CONSOLES
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Features:
3 ManualsStop Layout: Unknown
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Information from The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ - An Illustrated History by David L. Junchen (comp. & ed. Jeff Weiler). The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
Style "Balaban 2" -- without primaries on manual chests. Factory date: April 27, 1931.
Database Manager on October 21st, 2013:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, using information found in The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ, an Illustrated History by David L. Junchen.
This is a style Balaban 2, 3-manuals, 14 ranks and percussions in 2 chambers. The organ was sold and relocated in the 1960s. It was moved multiple times before being installed, in 1983, the Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, New York.
Related Instrument Entries: ATOS Members (1983) , Century Pipe Organs (1974 ca.)
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