Wurlitzer Style 240

Wurlitzer Style 240

Typical console of a Style 240 (Photo from Orpheum Theatre - Vancouver, British Columbia)
Console Type	Curved Console
Bolsters	2
Manuals	3
Ranks	13
Tuned Percussions	6
Traps	12
Rank Information
Rank Name Lowest Pitch Notes Trumpet 8' 61 pipes Harmonic Tuba 16' 85 pipes Diaphonic Diapason 16' 85 pipes Horn Diapason 8' 61 pipes Tibia Clausa 8' 85 pipes Clarinet 8' 61 pipes Kinura 8' 61 pipes Orchestral Oboe 8' 61 pipes Viol d'Orchestre 8' 85 pipes Viol Celeste 8' 73 pipes Salicional 8' 73 pipes Concert Flute 16' 97 pipes Vox Humana 8' 61 pipes Marimba 49 notes Cathedral Chimes 25 notes Xylophone 37 notes Glockenspiel 37 notes Sleigh Bells 25 notes Chrysoglott 49 notes
Push Buttons	Surf Auto Horn Door Bell
General
Two Expression Pedals One Balanced Crescendo Pedal One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal - 1st Touch, Full Stops (wind) - 2nd Touch, Everything One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal - 1st Touch, Snare Drum - 2nd Touch, Bass Drum and Cymbal

The Wurlitzer Style 240 is

Layout – Manuals & Touches

Pedal	Accompaniment	Accompaniment Second Touch	Great	Great Second Touch	Solo	Tremulants
3 Combination Toe Pistons	10 Adjustable Combination Pistons		10 Adjustable Combination Pistons		10 Adjustable Toe Pistons
16' Tuba Profunda	16' Contra Viol (TC)	8' Harmonic Tuba	16' Tuba Profunda	16' Tuba Profunda	16' Tuba Profunda	Main
16' Diaphone	16' Bourdon	8' Tibia Clausa	16' Diaphone	8' Tibia Clausa	16' Diaphone	Solo
16' Bourdon	16' Vox Humana (TC)	8' Clarinet	16' Tibia Clausa (TC)	Octave	16' Tibia Clausa (TC)	Vox Humana
8' Harmonic Tuba	8' Harmonic Tuba	Cathedral Chimes	16' Clarinet (TC)	Solo to Great	8' Trumpet	Tuba
8' Diaphonic Diapason	8' Diaphonic Diapason	Xylophone	16' Contra Viol (TC)		8' Harmonic Tuba	Tibia Clausa
8' Tibia Clausa	8' Horn Diapason	Sleigh Bells	16' Bourdon		8' Diaphonic Diapason
8' Clarinet	8' Tibia Clausa	Triangle	16' Vox Humana (TC)		8' Tibia Clausa
8' Cello	8' Clarinet	Solo to Accompaniment	8' Trumpet		8' Clarinet
8' Flute	8' Kinura		8' Harmonic Tuba		8' Kinura
4' Octave	8' Orchestral Oboe		8' Diaphonic Diapason		8' Orchestral Oboe
Bass Drum	8' Viol d'Orchestre		8' Horn Diapason		8' Salicional
Kettle Drum	8' Viol Celeste		8' Tibia Clausa		4' Harmonic Clarion
Crash Cymbal	8' Salicional		8' Clarinet		4' Octave
Cymbal	8' Flute		8' Kinura		4' Piccolo
Great to Pedal	8' Vox Humana		8' Orchestral Oboe		Cathedral Chimes
	4' Octave		8' Viol d'Orchestre		Xylophone
	4' Piccolo		8' Viol Celeste		Glockenspiel
	4' Viol		8' Salicional		Bells (re-it)
	4' Octave Celeste		8' Flute
	4' Salicet		8' Vox Humana
	4' Flute		4' Harmonic Clarion
	4' Vox Humana		4' Octave
	2 2⁄3' Twelfth		4' Piccolo
	2' Piccolo		4' Viol
	Marimba (re-it)		4' Octave Celeste
	Harp		4' Salicet
	Chrysoglott		4' Flute
	Snare Drum		2 2⁄3' Twelfth (Tibia)
	Tambourine		2 2⁄3' Twelfth
	Castanets		2' Piccolo (Tibia)
	Chinese Block		2' Fifteenth
	Tom Tom		2' Piccolo
	Sand Block		1 3⁄5' Tierce
	Solo to Accompaniment		Marimba (re-it)
			Harp
			Cathedral Chimes
			Sleigh Bells
			Xylophone
			Glockenspiel
			Bells (re-it)
			Chrysoglott
			Solo to Great

General Information

The Style 240 represented

History

Introduced in the mid-1920s, the 240 was marketed as

List of Known Installations

Opus	Year Installed	Location	City	State	Country	Style	Wiring Schedule
1545		West Coast Theatre(Fox)	San Jose	California	U.S.A.	240 SP	794
1709		Orpheum Theatre	Omaha	Nebraska	U.S.A.	240	898
1746		Orpheum Theatre	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	240	898
1759		Orpheum Theatre	Sioux City	Iowa	U.S.A.	240	898
1773		State Lake Theatre	Chicago	Illinois	U.S.A.	240	898
1780		Keiths Theatre	Huntington	West Virginia	U.S.A.	240	898
1821		Orpheum Theatre	Los Angeles	California	U.S.A.	240	898
1827		Loews Theatre	Richmond	Virginia	U.S.A.	240	836
1834		Keiths Theatre	Cincinnati	Ohio	U.S.A.	240	898
1865		Orpheum Theatre(Riverside)	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	U.S.A.	240	898
1883		Loews Theatre	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	240	898
1886		Strand Theatre	Utica	New York	U.S.A.	240 SP	923
1928		Piccadilly Theatre	Rochester	New York	U.S.A.	240 SP	960
1932		Arcadia Theatre	Reading	Pennsylvania	U.S.A.	240 SP	924
1956		Malco Theatre (Orpheum)	Memphis	Tennessee	U.S.A.	240	898
1972		Hill St Theatre	Los Angeles	California	U.S.A.	240	898
1980		Golden Gate Theatre	San Francisco	California	U.S.A.	240	898
1989		Uptown	Cleveland	Ohio	U.S.A.	240 SP	981
2029		Loews(Civic Aud)	Akron	Ohio	U.S.A.	240	898
2066		St George Theatre	Staten Is	New York	U.S.A.	240 SP
2153		New Warner Theatre	Erie	Pennsylvania	U.S.A.	240	898
2155		Warner Theatre	Youngstown	Ohio	U.S.A.	240	898
2177		Metro Theatre	Johannesbrg		South Africa	240 SP	1098
2189		Gaumont Theatre(Granada)	Manchester	England	U.K.	240 4M	1139
2209		Metro Theatre (Loews)	Durban		South Africa	240	1166

See Also

• Wurlitzer Style 235
• Wurlitzer Stoplist Notation
• Unit Orchestra Concept

References

• Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ
• Williams, Terry. Theatre Organ Stops and Styles: A Comprehensive Guide