National Theatre

720 Washington Avenue at Prospect Place
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238


The 1,262-seat National Theater opened on October 14, 1921 and closed in 1957. It now houses a supermarket on the ground floor and a day care center upstairs.
           
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 444 (1921)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style 160 (piano console)
2 manuals, 6 ranks, 4 tuned percussion, 17 traps


This organ was shipped on August 12, 1921. It was moved to St. Augustine's Church in Ossining, N.Y. on February 28, 1934 and was later discarded.
           
Pedal – 32 notes
16
  Bass
8
  Flute
16
  Bourdon
  Bass Drum
8
  Open Diapason     Kettle Drum
8
   Cello
  Cymbal

   

   
Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
8
  Trumpet     Piano
8
  Open Diapason     Mandolin
8
  Salicional     Snare Drum
8
  Viol Celeste [TC]     Tambourine
8
  Flute     Castanets
4
   Salicet     Chinese Block
4
   Octave Celeste      
4
   Flute     Five Adjustable Combination Pistons
               (Accomp. & Pedal)

   

   
Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
  Bourdon
4
  Salicet
8
  Trumpet
4
  Octave Celeste
8
  Open Diapason
4
  Flute
8
  Salicional     Cathedral Chimes
8
  Viol Celeste [TC]     Xylophone
8
   Flute     Glockenspiel
8
   Vox Humana      
          Five Adjustable Combination Pistons
               (Solo & Pedal)

   

   
General
One Balanced Expression Pedal      
General Tremulant      
Vox Humana Tremulant      
           
Effects (operated by pistons)
Sleigh Bells Fire Gong Train
Horse Hoofs Siren Fire Gong [re-it]
Bird Triangle Steamboat Whistle
Auto Horn Surf Tom-Tom
     
Door Bell (push button)  
           
Sources:
     Junchen, David L. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Compiled and edited by Jeff Weiler. Chicago: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
     Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1995.