James L. Perkins Memorial Chapel

210 West 145th Street
New York, N.Y. 10039


         
  Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra "Style RJ11" (courtesy Jeff Weiler)
Wurlitzer Style RJ11
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 2023 (1929); inst. 1965
Electro-pneumatic action
Style RJ11
2 manuals, 7 ranks, 2 tuned percussions, straight console
Automatic Player Mechanism in console



This organ was originally installed in the Fur Salon of the Henri Bendel store on West 57th Street. It was known as a "Style RJ11," described in a Wurlitzer brochure as having a "console fitted with an automatic attachment so that the instrument is playable by means of a paper music roll as well as available for hand playing." This organ has a Wurlitzer factory date of February 4, 1929.

In 1965, this organ was moved to the Perkins Funeral Home on West 145th Street.
           
Pedal – 32 notes
16
  Tibia Clausa
8
  Tibia Clausa
16
  Bourdon
8
  Cello
8
  Diapason
8
  Flute

   

   
Accompaniment (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
4
  Piccolo
8
  Tibia Clausa
4
  Salicet
8
  Oboe Horn
4
  Octave Celeste
8
  Salicional
4
  Flute
8
  Voix Celeste (TC)     Harp Chrysoglott
8
  Flute      
8
  Vox Humana     5 Adjustable Combination Pistons
           
Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
  Open Diapason (TC)
8
  Vox Humana
16
  Tibia Clausa
4
  Octave
16
  Oboe Horn (TC)
4
  Piccolo
16
  Contra Viole (TC)
4
  Salicet
16
  Vox Humana (TC)
4
  Octave Celeste
8
  Open Diapason
4
  Flute
8
  Tibia Clausa
4
  Vox Humana
8
  Oboe Horn     Cathedral Chimes
8
  Salicional     Harp Chrysoglott
8
  Voix Celeste (TC)      
8
  Flute     5 Adjustable Combination Pistons

   

   
General
    One Balanced Expression Pedal  
    One Crescendo Pedal  
    One General Tremulant  
           
Stop Analysis
8
  Open Diapason
61 pipes
 
16
  Tibia Clausa
85 pipes
 
8
  Oboe Horn
61 pipes
 
8
  Salicional
73 pipes
 
8
  Voix Celeste (TC)
49 pipes
 
16
  Flute
73 pipes
 
8
  Vox Humana
61 pipes
 
    Cathedral Chimes
18 notes
 
    Harp Chrysoglott
49 notes
 
           
Sources:
     Specification of Wurlitzer Organ Co. Style RJ11 Residence Organ. Published by Wurlitzer Organ Company. Courtesy James Lewis.
     Wurlitzer Organ Company brochure. The Wurlitzer Reproducing Residence Organ. Courtesy Charles Kegg.