Tiffany Theatre
357 Chester Street at Livonia Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11212
The 680-seat Tiffany Theatre was a small local movie house in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. It possible started as a silent movie
house, and operated in the 1930s and 1940s. The Tiffany has been demolished. |
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Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1553 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style E
2 manuals, 7 ranks
This organ was shipped on January 12, 1927. |
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Pedal – 32 notes
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16 |
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Diaphone |
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Pedal 2nd Touch |
16 |
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Bourdon |
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Bass Drum |
8 |
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Trumpet |
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Kettle Drum |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
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Crash Cymbal |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Cymbal |
8 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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Cello |
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Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
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16 |
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Contra Viole [TC] |
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Harp Chrysoglott |
16 |
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Vox Humana [TC] |
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Snare Drum |
8 |
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Trumpet |
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Tambourine |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
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Castanets |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Chinese Block |
8 |
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Violin |
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Tom-Tom |
8 |
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Violin Celeste [TC] |
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Sleigh Bells |
8 |
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Concert Flute |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
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Accompaniment 2nd Touch |
4 |
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Octave |
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Trumpet |
4 |
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Piccolo |
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Tibia Clausa |
4 |
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Viole |
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Cathedral Chimes |
4 |
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Octave Celeste |
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Triangle |
4 |
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Flute |
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4 |
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Vox Humana |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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Five Adjustable Combination Pistons |
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Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Diaphone |
4 |
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Flute |
16 |
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Tibia Clausa [TC] |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
16 |
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Bourdon |
2 |
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Piccolo |
16 |
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Vox Humana [TC] |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
8 |
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Trumpet |
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Cathedral Chimes |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
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Xylophone |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Glockenspiel |
8 |
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Violin |
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Harp Chrysoglott |
8 |
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Violin Celeste [TC] |
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8 |
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Concert Flute |
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Solo 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
16 |
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Trumpet [TC] |
4 |
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Octave |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
4 |
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Piccolo |
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4 |
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Viole |
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4 |
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Viole Celeste |
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Five Adjustable Combination Pistons |
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General
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| One Balanced Expression Pedal |
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| One General Tremulant |
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| One Vox Humana Tremulant |
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Effects
(operated by pistons)
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| Horse Hoofs |
Train |
Fire Gong (reiterating) |
| Surf Effect |
Auto Horn |
Steamboat Whistle |
| Bird |
Fire Gong |
Siren |
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| Door Bell (push button) |
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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. |
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