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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#ddd;" | Layout – Manuals & Touches
! colspan="2" | <hr />
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! Pedal
! Push Buttons
| {{{pedal| 32' Diaphone </br>16' Ophicleide </br>16' Diaphone </br>16' Tibia Clausa </br>16' Bourdon </br>8' Tuba Horn </br>8' Octave </br>8' Tibia Clausa </br>8' Clarinet </br>8' Saxophone </br>8' String </br>8' Cello </br>8' Flute </br>4' Flute </br>16' Piano </br>Bass Drum </br>Kettle Drum </br>Snare Drum </br>Crash Cymbal </br>Cymbal </br>Great to Pedal </br>Solo to Pedal}}}
| {{{pushButton| Surf </br>Auto Horn </br>Door Bell}}}
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />  
! colspan="2" | <hr />  
|-
|-
! Pedal Second Touch
! colspan="2" | General
| {{{pedalSecondTouch|32' Diaphone </br>16' Ophicleide - Pizzicato}}}
|-
| colspan ="2" style="text-align:center;" | Two Expression Pedals </br>One Balanced Crescendo Pedal</br>One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal </br>- 1<sup>st</sup> Touch, Full Stops (wind) </br>- 2<sup>nd</sup> Touch, Everything </br>One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal </br>- 1<sup>st</sup> Touch, Snare Drum </br>- 2<sup>nd</sup> Touch, Bass Drum and Cymbal
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The '''Wurlitzer Style 240''' is
 
== Layout – Manuals & Touches ==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:bottom;"
|- style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;"
! Pedal
! Accompaniment
! Accompaniment Second Touch
! Great
! Great Second Touch
! Solo
! Tremulants
|- style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 3 Combination Toe Pistons
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 10 Adjustable Combination Pistons
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 10 Adjustable Combination Pistons
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 10 Adjustable Toe Pistons
| style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left;" |
|- style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;"
| 16' Tuba Profunda
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9;" | 16' Contra Viol (TC)
| 8' Harmonic Tuba
| 16' Tuba Profunda
| 16' Tuba Profunda
| 16' Tuba Profunda
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9;" | Main
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;"
| 16' Diaphone
| 16' Bourdon
| 8' Tibia Clausa
| 16' Diaphone
| 8' Tibia Clausa
| 16' Diaphone
| Solo
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;"
| 16' Bourdon
| style="background-color:#F00;" | 16' Vox Humana (TC)
| style="background-color:#F00;" | 8' Clarinet
| 16' Tibia Clausa (TC)
| style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Octave
| 16' Tibia Clausa (TC)
| Vox Humana
|- style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;"
| 8' Harmonic Tuba
| 8' Harmonic Tuba
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9;" | Cathedral Chimes
| 16' Clarinet (TC)
| style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Solo to Great
| 8' Trumpet
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9;" | Tuba
|-
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Diaphonic Diapason
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Diaphonic Diapason
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Xylophone
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#202122;" | 16' Contra Viol (TC)
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Harmonic Tuba
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Tibia Clausa
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1<sup>st</sup> & <sup>2nd</sup> Touch Traps Switch
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Tibia Clausa
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Horn Diapason
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Sleigh Bells
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 16' Bourdon
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Diaphonic Diapason
|
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 3 Combination Toe Pistons
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Clarinet
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Tibia Clausa
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Triangle
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 16' Vox Humana (TC)
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Tibia Clausa
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
| style="background-color:#FBBC04; color:#202122;" | 8' Cello
|-  
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Clarinet
! Accompaniment
| style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Solo to Accompaniment
| {{{accompaniment|16' Contra Viol (TC) </br>16' Bourdon </br>8' Tuba Horn </br>8' Diaphonic Diapason </br>8' Tibia Clausa </br>8' Clarinet </br>8' Saxophone </br>8' Viol d'Orchestre </br>8' Viol Celeste </br>8' String </br>8' Oboe Horn </br>8' Quintadena </br>8' Flute </br>8' Vox Humana </br>4' Piccolo </br>4' Viol </br>4' Octave Celeste </br>4' Flute </br>4' Vox Humana </br>2 <sup>2</sup>&frasl;<sub>3</sub>' Twelfth </br>2' Piccolo </br>8' Piano </br>4' Piano </br>Mandolin </br>Marimba (re-it) </br>Harp </br>Chrysoglott </br>Snare Drum </br>Tambourine </br>Castanets </br>Chinese Block </br>Tom Tom}}}
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Trumpet
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Clarinet
|
|-
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Flute
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Kinura
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Harmonic Tuba
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Kinura
|
|-
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Octave
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Orchestral Oboe
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Diaphonic Diapason
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Orchestral Oboe
|
|-
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Bass Drum
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Viol d'Orchestre
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Horn Diapason
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Salicional
|
|-
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Kettle Drum
| style="background-color:#FBBC04; color:#202122;" | 8' Viol Celeste
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Tibia Clausa
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 4' Harmonic Clarion
|
|-
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Crash Cymbal
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Salicional
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Clarinet
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Octave
|
|-
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Cymbal
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Flute
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Kinura
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Piccolo
|
|-
| style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Great to Pedal
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Vox Humana
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Orchestral Oboe
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Cathedral Chimes
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Octave
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Viol d'Orchestre
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Xylophone
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Piccolo
|
| style="background-color:#FBBC04; color:#202122;" | 8' Viol Celeste
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Glockenspiel
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Viol
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Salicional
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Bells (re-it)
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#FBBC04; color:#202122;" | 4' Octave Celeste
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 8' Flute
|
|
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Salicet
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 8' Vox Humana
|
|
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Flute
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 4' Harmonic Clarion
|
|
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F00; color:#202122;" | 4' Vox Humana
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Octave
|
|
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 2 2⁄3' Twelfth
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Piccolo
|
|
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 2' Piccolo
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Viol
|
|
|
|-
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Marimba (re-it)
|
| style="background-color:#FBBC04; color:#202122;" | 4' Octave Celeste
|
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
|
|-  
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Harp
! Accompaniment Second Touches
|
| {{{accompanimentSecondTouch| 8' Harmonic Tuba </br>8' Tibia Clausa </br>8' Clarinet </br>Sleigh Bells </br>Xylophone </br>Triangle}}}
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Salicet
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 10 Double Touch Adjustable Combination Pistons
|  
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Chrysoglott
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 4' Flute
|
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Snare Drum
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 2 2⁄3' Twelfth (Tibia)
|
|
|  
|-
|-
! Great
|
| {{{great|16' Ophicleide </br>16' Diaphone </br>16' Tibia Clausa </br>16' Clarinet (TC) </br>16' Saxophone (TC) </br>16' Contra Viol (TC) </br>16' Bourdon </br>8' Trumpet </br>8' Tuba Horn </br>8' Diaphonic Diapason </br>8' Tibia Clausa </br>8' Clarinet </br>8' Orchestral Oboe </br>8' Kinura </br>8' Saxophone </br>8' Viol d'Orchestre </br>8' Viol Celeste </br>8' String </br>8' Flute </br>8' Vox Humana </br>4' Clarion </br>4' Piccolo </br>4' Viol </br>4' Octave Celeste </br>4' Flute </br>2 <sup>2</sup>&frasl;<sub>3</sub>' Twelfth </br>2' Fifteenth </br>2' Piccolo </br>1 <sup>3</sup>&frasl;<sub>5</sub>' Tierce </br>16' Piano </br>8' Piano </br>4' Piano </br>Marimba (re-it) </br>Harp </br>Cathedral Chimes </br>Xylophone </br>Glockenspiel </br>Orchestra Bells (re-it) </br>Sleigh Bells </br>Chrysoglott </br>Solo to Great}}}
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Tambourine
|  
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 2 2⁄3' Twelfth
|
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Castanets
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 2' Piccolo (Tibia)
|
|
|  
|-
|-
! Great Second Touches
|
| {{{greatSecondTouch|16' Ophicleide </br>8' Tibia Clausa </br>Octave </br>Solo to Great </br>Solo to Great - Pizzicato}}}
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Chinese Block
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 2' Fifteenth
|
|
|
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 10 Double Touch Adjustable Combination Pistons
|  
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Tom Tom
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 2' Piccolo
|
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Sand Block
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | 1 3⁄5' Tierce
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Solo
|
| {{{solo|16' Ophicleide </br>8' Trumpet </br>8' Tuba Horn </br>8' Diaphonic Diapason </br>8' Tibia Clausa </br>8' Clarinet </br>8' Orchestral Oboe </br>8' Kinura </br>8' Saxophone </br>8' String </br>8' Oboe Horn </br>8' Quintadena </br>4' Clarion </br>4' Piccolo </br>Cathedral Chimes </br>Xylophone </br>Glockenspiel </br>Ochestral Bells (re-it)}}}
| style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Solo to Accompaniment
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Marimba (re-it)
|
|
|
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 10 Double Touch Adjustable Combination Pistons
|  
|
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Harp
|
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
|
|
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Cathedral Chimes
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Tremulants (3)
|
| {{{tremulants|Main </br>Solo </br>Vox Humana}}}
|
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Sleigh Bells
|
|
|  
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
|
|
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Xylophone
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Toe Pistons
|
| {{{Toe Pistons| Auto Horn </br>Steamboat Whistle </br>Two Birds (One in each Expression Box) </br>Fire Gong </br>Horse Hoofs}}}
|
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Glockenspiel
|
|
|  
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | <hr />
|
|
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Bells (re-it)
|
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | General
|
|
|
| style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#202122;" | Chrysoglott
|
|
|
|-
|-
| colspan ="2" style="text-align:center;" | Two Expression Pedals with Indicating Keys </br>One Balanced Crescendo Pedal </br>Thunder Pedal (Diaphone) - Piano Pedal </br>Thunder Pedal (Reed) - Piano Pedal </br>One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal </br>- 1<sup>st</sup> Touch, Full Stops (wind) </br>- 2<sup>nd</sup> Touch, Everything </br>One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal - Piano Pedal </br>- 1<sup>st</sup> Touch, Snare Drum </br>- 2<sup>nd</sup> Touch, Bass Drum and Cymbal
|  
|
|
| style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | Solo to Great
|
|
|
|}
|}
The '''Wurlitzer Style 240''' is


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


Latest revision as of 20:53, 30 June 2025


Wurlitzer Style 240

Wurlitzer Style 240 Console
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

Specification Variations and Design Considerations

Notable Installations

Perception and Legacy

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

References

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