Stillwell Theatre

2402 86th Street at 24th Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214


The 1800-seat Stillwell Theatre, located in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, was designed by Charles A. Sandblom. In latter years, it became the Brooklyn Roll-O-Rama, a roller skating rink and bowling, and for a time hosted wrestling matches.
           
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1525 (1926)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style HNP
2 manuals, 10 ranks, 5 Tuned Percussions, 14 Traps, Curved Console


This organ was shipped on December 7, 1926, but was later repossessed. On August 30, 1930, it was sold to the Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.
           
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.