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Walker Theatre
6401 18th Avenue at 64th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11204
The 2,276-seat Walker Theatre, named for then-New York City mayor, Jimmy Walker, opened in 1927. Initially, the bill was movies stage shows, but live shows were dropped when sound films shortly came in. The Walker was later converted into quad theatres, but finally closed in March, 1988. |
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Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1802 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style HNP
2 manuals, 10 ranks, 5 Tuned Percussions, 14 Traps
Curved Console
This organ was shipped on November 28, 1927.
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Pedal – 32 notes
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16 |
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Tuba Profunda |
8 |
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Flute |
16 |
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Bass Diaphone |
4 |
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Octave |
16 |
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Bourdon |
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Bass Drum |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
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Kettle Drum |
8 |
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Diaphone Diapason |
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Crash Cymbal |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Cymbal |
8 |
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Clarinet |
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8 |
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Cello |
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3 Adjustable Combination Toe Pistons |
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Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
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16 |
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Contra Viol [TC] |
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Chrysoglott |
16 |
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Vox Humana [TC] |
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Snare Drum |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
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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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Clarinet |
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Tom Tom |
8 |
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Kinura |
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8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
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Accompaniment 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Viol |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
8 |
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Viol Celeste [TC] |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
8 |
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Flute |
8 |
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Clarinet |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
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Cathedral Chimes |
4 |
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Piccolo |
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Xylophone |
4 |
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Viol |
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Triangle |
4 |
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Viol Celeste |
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4 |
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Flute |
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10 Adjustable Combination Pistons |
4 |
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Vox Humana |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Tuba Profunda |
4 |
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Viol Celeste |
16 |
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Bass |
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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Fifteenth |
16 |
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Contra Viol [TC] |
2 |
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Piccolo |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
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Cathedral Chimes |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Sleigh Bells |
8 |
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Clarinet |
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Xylophone |
8 |
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Kinura |
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Glockenspiel |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
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Orchestra Bells [re-it] |
8 |
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Viol |
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Chrysoglott |
8 |
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Viol Celeste [TC] |
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8 |
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Flute |
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Solo 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
16 |
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Tuba |
4 |
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Harmonic Clarion |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
4 |
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Octave |
8 |
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Clarinet |
4 |
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Piccolo |
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4 |
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Viol |
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10 Adjustable Combination Pistons |
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Tremulants (4)
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Main |
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Vox Humana |
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Solo |
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Tuba |
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General
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Balanced Expression Pedal - Main |
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Balanced Expression Pedal - Solo |
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Effects
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| Surf |
Auto Horn |
Train Whistle |
| Fire Gong |
Bird |
Horse Hoofs |
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: http://www.cinematreasures.org
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.
Photos:
AJWB Collection: interior; console of Wurlitzer Organ, Op. 1802 (1927).
Brooklyn Daily Eagle photo, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. www.brooklynlibrary.org |
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