Radio City Broadcast Studio
1260 Avenue of the Americas at 50th Street
New York, N.Y. 10020 |
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Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 2180 (1932)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style: "Special 3-manual"
3 manuals, 14 ranks, curved console
The Wurlitzer organ that was installed in the Radio City Broadcast Studio has a factory date of October 11, 1932. Its Art Deco console shell, installed on a movable platform, was a 3-manual scale copy of the twin ebony 4-manual consoles in the Music Hall downstairs. Wurlitzer provided special chromatic chests for this organ, which included a 16' Viole d'Orchestre and 16' Oboe Horn in its unusual specification. The two chambers were side-by-side, covered by a decorative Art Deco black wooden screen. |
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Pedal – 32 notes
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16 |
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Contra Viole |
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Bass Drum, Band |
16 |
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Contra Fagotto [Oboe Horn] |
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Bass Drum, Orchestral |
16 |
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Bourdon |
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Cymbal |
8 |
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Tuba |
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Great Octave |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
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8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Pedal 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Solo String |
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Bass Drum, Band |
8 |
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Cello |
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Tympani |
8 |
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Oboe Horn |
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Cymbal |
8 |
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Concert Flute |
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Chinese Gong |
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Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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Harp Celesta |
16 |
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Vox Humana [TC] |
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Glockenspiel |
8 |
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Brass Trumpet |
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Shuffle |
8 |
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Tuba |
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Snare Drum, Roll |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
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Tamborine |
8 |
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Tibia Plena |
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Castanets |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Chinese Block, Tap |
8 |
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Clarinet |
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Chinese Block, Roll |
8 |
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Krumet |
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Tom-Tom |
8 |
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Solo String |
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Accompaniment Octave |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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8 |
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Viole Celeste |
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Accompaniment 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Quintadena |
8 |
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Brass Trumpet |
8 |
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Oboe Horn |
8 |
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Tuba |
8 |
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Concert Flute |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
4 |
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Octave |
4 |
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Violin |
4 |
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Tibia Plena |
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Glockenspiel |
4 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Cathedral Chimes |
4 |
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Violin |
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Snare Drum, Roll |
4 |
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Octave Celeste |
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Chinese Block, Tap |
4 |
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Concert Flute |
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Triangle |
4 |
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Vox Humana |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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Great (Manual II) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Tuba |
4 |
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Solo String |
16 |
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Tibia Clausa [TC] |
4 |
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Violin |
16 |
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Contra Viole |
4 |
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Octave Celeste |
16 |
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Contra Fagotto |
4 |
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Oboe Horn |
16 |
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Bourdon |
4 |
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Concert Flute |
16 |
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Vox Humana [TC] |
4 |
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Vox Humana |
8 |
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Brass Trumpet |
2 2/3 |
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Tibia Twelfth |
8 |
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Tuba |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
2 |
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Tibia Piccolo |
8 |
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Tibia Plena |
2 |
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Piccolo |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
8 |
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Clarinet |
1 3/5 |
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Tierce |
8 |
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Krumet |
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Harp Celesta |
8 |
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Solo String |
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Xylophone |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Glockenspiel |
8 |
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Viole Celeste |
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Cathedral Chimes |
8 |
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Quintadena |
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Great Octave |
8 |
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Oboe Horn |
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8 |
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Concert Flute |
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Great 2nd Touch |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
16 |
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Tuba [TC] |
4 |
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Clarion |
8 |
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Brass Trumpet |
4 |
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Octave |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
4 |
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Tibia Plena |
8 |
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Solo String |
4 |
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Tibia Clausa |
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Solo (Manual III) – 61 notes
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16 |
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Tuba [TC] |
4 |
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Oboe Horn |
16 |
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Tibia Clausa [TC] |
4 |
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Concert Flute |
16 |
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Contra Viole |
4 |
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Clarion |
16 |
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Contra Fagotto |
4 |
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Tibia Plena |
8 |
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Brass Trumpet |
4 |
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Tibia Clausa |
8 |
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Tuba |
4 |
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Violin |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
4 |
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Octave Celeste |
8 |
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Tibia Plena |
4 |
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Concert Flute |
8 |
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Tibia Clausa |
2 2/3 |
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Tibia Twelfth |
8 |
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Clarinet |
2 |
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Tibia Piccolo |
8 |
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Krumet |
2 |
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Piccolo |
8 |
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Solo String |
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Xylophone |
8 |
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Viole d'Orchestre |
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Glockenspiel |
8 |
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Viole Celeste |
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Orchestra Bells |
8 |
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Quintadena |
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Cathedral Chimes |
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Tremulants: Main, Vox Humana, Solo, Tibia Clausa |
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Combinations (as originally installed):
All piston combinations are independent and are adjustable on setterboards in the blower room 10 single-touch combination pistons for each of the Accompaniment and Solo manuals
10 double-touch combination pistons for the Great Manual:
• first touch Great manual only
• second touch General, affecting Great, Accompaniment and Pedal, but not Solo
One Cancel piston for each manual
Tremulant Cancel Piston and Traps Cancel Piston centered above Solo manual
Three single-touch toe studs for Pedal combinations
Sforzando toe lever
One red indicator light each for Sforzando and Crescendo
Two balanced swell shoes, one for each chamber
One register Crescendo shoe, adjustable on board in console |
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Sources:
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.
South Mississippi Gold Coast Chapter–A.T.O.S. web site: http://atos.stirlingprop.com/
Illustrations:
Weiler, Jeff. Console. |
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