TOSA(SA) owned 2 Manual 12 Rank Wurlitzer

formerly in Wyatt Hall, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide.

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Organ Chamber Analysis

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2/12 Wurlitzer console in Wyatt Hall. The organ is now in storage awaiting a new home.

 

All photographs on this page by John Thiele

Above. Wyatt Hall, Pulteney Grammar School, the home of the 2/12 Wurlitzer from 1970 to 2004.

TOSA (SA) purchased it in 1968 and removed it from the Plaza. The opening concert in Wyatt Hall was December 1970.

The original home of the 2/12 was the Sydney Regent where it was installed as  a 2/8 (above left) , then it was moved to the Plaza Theatre in Melbourne and installed with an extra four ranks (above right).

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SOUNDS OF THE 2/12 WURLITZER

The following sound samples (mp3s) are from the CD “On the Air” Tracks were recorded in Wyatt Hall.

One Morning in May (Tony Fenelon) 354KB mp3

 

Crazy Rhythm (John Atwell) 330KB mp3

 

I Won’t Send Roses (Paul Fitzgerald) 370KB mp3

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Main Chamber (LHS)

Rank

Pitch

Notes

Clarinet

8

61

Diapason

16-8-4

85

Flute

16-8-4-2

97

Violin

16TC-8-4-2

85

Viol Celeste

8-4

49

Chrysoglott

4

49

 

Pipe complement. 

Main chamber

401

Solo chamber

487

Total

888

Solo Chamber (RHS)

Rank

Pitch

Notes

Gamba

8

61

Oboe Horn

8

61

Orchestral Oboe

8

61

Tibia Clausa

16-8-4-2

97

Trumpet

8

61

Tuba Horn

16-8-4-2

85

Vox Humana

16TC-8

61

Chimes

8

25

Glockenspiel

2

30

Sleigh Bells

4

30

Toy Counter

Xylophone

4

37