Grand Theatre
Corner Bowery and Canal Streets
New York, N.Y.
The Grand Theatre was built in 1904 by Jacob Pavlovitch Adler, the famed Russian-born Jewish actor and a star in Yiddish theater. The Grand was the first purpose-built Yiddish theater in New York. Nearly all Adler's family went into theater; probably the most famous was his daughter, Stella, who taught method acting to, among others, Marlon Brando. |
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Wurlitzer Style 135 |
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 859 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style 135
2 manuals, 4 ranks, 4 tuned percussions, 17 traps, piano console
This organ is dated July 11, 1924, but was later repossessed. It was sold to the Janice Theatre (Flushing) in 1925. |
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Pedal – 32 notes
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Bourdon |
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Pedal 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Flute |
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Bass Drum |
8 |
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Cello |
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Kettle Drum |
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Cymbal |
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Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
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8 |
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Trumpet |
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Piano (with Mandolin attachment) |
8 |
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Salicional |
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Snare Drum |
8 |
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Flute |
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Tambourine |
8 |
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Salicet |
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Castanets |
4 |
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Flute |
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Chinese Block |
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Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
4 |
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Salicet |
8 |
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Trumpet |
4 |
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Flute |
8 |
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Salicional |
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Cathedral Chimes |
8 |
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Flute |
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Xylophone |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
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Glockenspiel |
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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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| Sleigh Bells |
Fire Gong (reiterating) |
Train |
| Horse Hoofs |
Siren |
Fire Gong |
| Bird |
Triangle |
Steamboat Whistle |
| Auto Horn |
Surf Effect |
Tom-Tom |
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| Door Bell |
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Stop Analysis |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 pipes |
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8 |
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Salicional |
73 pipes |
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16 |
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Flute |
85 pipes |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 pipes |
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Piano |
88 notes |
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Cathedral Chimes |
18 notes |
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Xylophone |
30 notes |
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Glockenspiel |
30 notes |
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W.W. Kimball Co.
Chicago, Ill. (1921)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals
Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
"Adler, Jacob Pavlovitch" in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Adler
Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vols. 1 and 2. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
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.
Illustration:
Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Wurlitzer Style 135 console. |
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