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Park Plaza Theatre
1746 University Avenue at West Tremont Avenue
The Bronx, N.Y. 10453
The 2,029-seat Park Plaza Theatre opened in 1927. For much of its life, it was a first-run neighborhood theatre operated by the Skouras Circuit. After closing in 1964, the building became a drug store. |
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Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1683 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style HNP
2 manuals, 10 ranks, 5 Tuned Percussions, 14 Traps, Curved Console
This organ was shipped on July 27, 1927. |
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Pedal – 32 notes
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16 |
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Tuba Profunda |
8 |
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Cello |
16 |
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Bass Diaphone |
8 |
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Flute |
16 |
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Bourdon |
4 |
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Octave |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
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Bass Drum |
8 |
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Diaphone Diapason |
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Kettle Drum |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Crash Cymbal |
8 |
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Clarinet |
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Cymbal |
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Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
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16 |
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Contra Viol (TC) |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
16 |
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Vox Humana (TC) |
2 |
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Piccolo |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
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Chrysoglott |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
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Snare Drum |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Tambourine |
8 |
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Clarinet |
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Castanets |
8 |
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Kinura |
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Chinese Block |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
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Tom Tom |
8 |
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Viol |
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8 |
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Viol Celeste (TC) |
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Accompaniment 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Flute |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
4 |
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Piccolo |
8 |
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Clarinet |
4 |
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Viol |
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Cathedral Chimes |
4 |
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Viol Celeste |
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Xylophone |
4 |
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Flute |
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Triangle |
4 |
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Vox Humana |
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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 |
16 |
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Bass |
4 |
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Viol Celeste |
16 |
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Tibia Clausa (TC) |
4 |
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Flute |
16 |
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Bourdon |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
16 |
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Contra Viol (TC) |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
8 |
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Harmonic Tuba |
2 |
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Piccolo |
8 |
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Diaphonic Diapason |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Cathedral Chimes |
8 |
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Clarinet |
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Sleigh Bells |
8 |
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Kinura |
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Xylophone |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
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Glockenspiel |
8 |
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Viol |
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Orchestra Bells [re-it] |
8 |
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Viol Celeste (TC) |
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Chrysoglott |
8 |
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Flute |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
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Solo 2nd Touch |
4 |
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Harmonic Clarion |
16 |
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Tuba |
4 |
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Octave |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
4 |
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Piccolo |
8 |
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Clarinet |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Solo |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 (thumb) |
Accomp. |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 (thumb) |
Pedal |
Pistons 1-2-3 (toe) |
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Tremulants (4)
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Main |
Vox Humana |
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Solo |
Tuba |
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General
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Two Expression Pedals |
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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 website: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6025
Junchen, David L., compiled and edited by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History. Indianapolis: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1995.
Illustration:
Cinema Treasures website. Exterior. |
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