Park West Theatre 103 West 99th Street at Columbus Avenue New York, N.Y. 10025 The 598-seat Park West Theatre, which was located at the now non-existent intersection of West 99th Street and Columbus Avenue, appears to have exhibited films at least as early as 1911 and at least as late as 1948.             Wurlitzer Organ Company North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1526 (1926) Electro-pneumatic action Style B 2 manuals, 4 ranks, piano console This organ is dated December 8, 1926.             Pedal – 32 notes 16   Bourdon   Pedal 2nd Touch 8   Trumpet   Bass Drum 8   Flute   Kettle Drum 8   Cello   Cymbal             Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes 16   Contra Viole [TC]     Snare Drum 16   Bourdon     Tambourine 8   Trumpet     Castanets 8   Salicional     Chinese Block 8   Flute       8   Vox Humana     Accompaniment 2nd Touch 4   Salicet 8   Trumpet 4   Flute                 Three Adjustable Combination Pistons             Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes 16   Contra Viole [TC] 2 2/3   Twelfth 16   Bourdon 2   Piccolo 16   Vox Humana   Cathedral Chimes 8   Trumpet   Xylophone 8   Salicional   Glockenspiel 8   Flute     8   Vox Humana   Solo 2nd Touch 4   Salicet 8   Trumpet 4   Flute   Xylophone 4   Vox Humana               Three Adjustable Combination Pistons             General One Balanced Expression Pedal       One General Tremulant       One Vox Humana Tremulant                   Effects (operated by pistons) Sleigh Bells Bird Fire Gong (reiterating) Triangle Train Steamboat Whistle Horse Hoofs Auto Horn Siren Surf Effect Fire Gong Tom-Tom       operated by push button:   Door Bell                 Sources:      Cinema Treasures website: 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.             | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organs List |