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Janice Theatre
36-09 Main Street at Broadway (now Northern Boulevard)
Flushing (Queens), N.Y. 11354
The Janice is thought to have been the first theatre in Flushing, and was built on the site of an old mansion known as Fountain House. It opened on November 24, 1914, and closed early in the sound era. Around 1925, the Janice was "modernized", with the installation of a new screen, projection equipment, marquee, and a $15,000 Wurlitzer organ. The latter was played by Charles Rogers, who'd previously been organist at the Strand Theatre in NYC.
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Wurlitzer Style 135 |
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 859 (1924)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style 135A (included Automatic Player)
2 manuals, 4 ranks, 4 tuned percussions, 17 traps, piano console
This organ was shipped on July 11, 1924 to the Grand Theatre in Manhattan, but was repossessed. It was sold to the Janice Theatre (Flushing) in 1925. |
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Pedal – 32 notes
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16 |
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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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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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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14170
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:
Cinema Treasures web site: exterior.
Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Wurlitzer Style 135 console.
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