Wurlitzer Styles

Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Styles

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company developed numerous theatre pipe organ styles in the early 20th century to suit venues of all sizes — from small neighborhood cinemas to grand movie palaces. Each style number refers to a specific configuration of manuals, pipe ranks, percussions, and trap instruments.

Style Specifications Table

Style	Built	Manuals	Ranks	Perc.	Traps	Console Type	Earlier Style	Later Style
1	30	2	4	4	7	PC	A	135
100	20	2	3	1	0	SC		115
105	38	2	3	2	0	PC
108	49	2	3	4	3	PC		125
109	55	2	3	4	17	PC		130
110	8	2	3	2	0	PC
115		2	3	1	0	SC	100
120		2	3	2	0	PC	105
125	1	2	3	4	3	PC	108
130		2	3	4	17	PC	109
135	203	2	4	4	17	PC	1
140	5	2	4	3	17	CC	B
150	28	2	5	3	19	CC	B
160	84	2	6	4	17	PC	2
165	19	2	6	4	20	CC	D
170	15	2	5	3	17	CC
175	6	2	7	4	18	CC	ED
185	33	2	7	5	14	CC	3
190	44	2	8	4	18	CC
2	3	2	6	4	17	PC	L	BAL160
200	17	2	8	5	14	CC	F
205	6	2	10	5	14	CC	HNP
210	51	2	9	5	15	CC	5
215	14	2	10	6	14	CC
216	12	2	10	6	14	CC
220	7	3	10	6	15	CC	H3M
225	1	3	11	6	14	CC
230	6	3	11	5	15	CC		BAL1A
235	64	3	11	7	15	CC		BAL1
240	24	3	13	6	12	CC		BAL2
250	4	3	14	6	14	CC
260	62	3	15	7	14	CC		BAL13
270	4	4	21	7	20	CC
285	7	4	32	9	22	CC
3	47	2	7	5	14	CC	N	185
35	6	3	15	6	15	CC		260
4	11	2	8	5	10	CC
40	1	2	3	1	0	SC
5	1	2	9	5	15	CC		210
6	2	3	13	6	4	CC
A	1	2	4	4	17	PC		1
B	225	2	4	3	17	CC	M	140
BAL1		3	11	7	16	CC	235
BAL1A	7	3	11	6	16	CC	230
BAL2	6	3	13	5	15	CC	240
BAL3	6	3	15	6	17	CC	260
BAL4	4	3	19	6	17	CC
C2	3	2	3	0	0	SC
C3	3	2	3	0	0	SC
CH	135
D	201	2	6	4	20	CC		165
E	165	2	7	4	18	CC		175
F	81	2	8	5	14	CC		200
F3M	13	3	8	5	14	CC		200
FOXSP	5	4	36	13	27	CC
G		2	10	5	14	CC		205
GRA1	6	3	8	5	16	CC
GRA2	6	3	8	5	16	CC
H	56	2	10	6	14	CC
H3M	19	3	10	6	15	CC		220
HNP	23	2	10	5	14	CC		205
HYMGB	2	3	8	4	14	CC
J	13	2	7	5	14	CC		N
L	9	2	6	5	14	PC		2
M	6	2	4	3	17	CC		B
N	3	2	7	5	14	CC	J	3
PUB1	17	4	20	8	9	CC
PUB2		4	22	8	9	CC
PUB3		4	25	8	9	CC
PUB4	1	4	26	8	9	CC
R13	1	2	6	1	0	CC
R14	1	2	9	2	0	SC
R15	4	2	10	4	0	SC
R16	2	3	10	2	0	SC
R20	7	3	12	2	0	SC
R25		3	14	2	0	SC
R5	6	2	5	1	0	SC
RJ11	6	2	7	3	0	SC
RJ12	7	2	7	4	5	SC
RJ2	1	2	3	0	0	SC
RJ3	1	2	3	2	0	SC
RJ4	11	2	4	0	0	SC
RJ6	1	2	6	2	0	SC
RJ8	2	2	6	2	0	SC
SCH10	3	2	5	0	0	SC
SCH11	5	2	4	0	0	SC
SCH20	6	2	5	1	0	CC
SCH21	2	2	5	1	0	SC
SCH22	1	2	5	1	0	SC
SCH25	5	2	6	1	0	SC
SCH30	1	2	6	1	0	CC
SCH32	1	2	7	2	4	CC
SCH35	2	2	7	2	0	CC
SCH40	1	2	7	1	0	CC
SCH5	4	2	3	0	0	SC
SCH51	1	2	8	1	0	CC
SCH6	1	2	3	1	0	SC
SCH61	5	3	9	2	0	CC
SCH7	4	2	3	0	0	SC
SCH75	1	3	21	2	0	CC
SP	107
UNN1	3	3	8	5	12	CC
UNN2	2	3	7	5	12	CC
UNN3	4	3	8	4	12	CC
V	26	2	8	1	0	PC

Console Type Codes

• PC: Publix Console — typically found in larger theatres.
• SC: Style C Console — usually used in smaller to mid-sized installations.

Terms Explained

• Manuals: The number of keyboards.
• Ranks: Distinct sets of pipes, each offering a unique tone color.
• Perc.: Tuned percussion instruments (e.g., xylophone, glockenspiel).
• Traps: Untuned sound effects (e.g., drums, cymbals, sleigh bells).

See Also

• Wurlitzer Opus List
• List of Wurlitzer Installations
• Theatre Organ Components