Congress Theatre

1561 St. Johns Place at Buffalo Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11213


The 2223-seat Congress Theatre, which also had a 1298-seat roof theatre, was designed by Charles Sandblom and first opened in 1927. After the Congress closed, the building was used for retail.
           
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1649 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style HNP
2 manuals, 10 ranks, 5 Tuned Percussions, 14 Traps, Curved Console


This organ was shipped on June 3, 1927.
           
Pedal – 32 notes
16
  Tuba Profunda
8
  Flute
16
  Bass Diaphone
4
  Octave
16
  Bourdon     Bass Drum
8
  Harmonic Tuba     Kettle Drum
8
  Diaphone Diapason     Crash Cymbal
8
  Tibia Clausa     Cymbal
8
  Clarinet      
8
  Cello     3 Adjustable Combination Toe Pistons

   

   
Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
16
  Contra Viol [TC]     Chrysoglott
16
  Vox Humana [TC]     Snare Drum
8
  Harmonic Tuba     Tambourine
8
  Diaphonic Diapason     Castanets
8
  Tibia Clausa     Chinese Block
8
  Clarinet     Tom Tom
8
  Kinura      
8
  Orchestral Oboe     Accompaniment 2nd Touch
8
  Viol
8
  Harmonic Tuba
8
  Viol Celeste [TC]
8
  Diaphonic Diapason
8
  Flute
8
  Clarinet
8
  Vox Humana     Cathedral Chimes
4
  Piccolo     Xylophone
4
  Viol     Triangle
4
  Viol Celeste      
4
  Flute     10 Adjustable Combination Pistons
4
  Vox Humana      
2 2/3
  Twelfth      
2
  Piccolo      

   

   
Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
  Tuba Profunda
4
  Viol Celeste
16
  Bass
4
  Flute
16
  Tibia Clausa [TC]
2 2/3
  Twelfth
16
  Bourdon
2
  Fifteenth
16
  Contra Viol [TC]
2
  Piccolo
8
  Harmonic Tuba
1 3/5
  Tierce
8
  Diaphonic Diapason     Cathedral Chimes
8
  Tibia Clausa     Sleigh Bells
8
  Clarinet     Xylophone
8
  Kinura     Glockenspiel
8
  Orchestral Oboe     Orchestra Bells [re-it]
8
  Viol     Chrysoglott
8
  Viol Celeste [TC]      
8
  Flute     Solo 2nd Touch
8
  Vox Humana
16
  Tuba
4
  Harmonic Clarion
8
  Tibia Clausa
4
  Octave
8
  Clarinet
4
  Piccolo      
4
  Viol     10 Adjustable Combination Pistons
           
Tremulants (4)
Main Vox Humana  
Solo Tuba  

   

   
General
Two Expression Pedals      
           
Effects
Surf Auto Horn Train Whistle
Fire Gong Bird Horse Hoofs
           
Sources:
     Cinema Treasures web site: http://www.cinematreasures.org
     Junchen, David L., comp. and ed. by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Chicago: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
     Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1995.