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Wurlitzer Style 164 Band Organ
By Hal Davis

Hi Robbie,  As far as I know, there is only one extant model 164
Wurlitzer.  The last I knew it was owned by the wife of Paul Turin,
whom I think lived in New Jersey.  I have some recordings that I made
of it several years ago.  Sadly, it was in need of a tuning but still
an impressive sounding instrument.  I saw and heard it last year at the
Band Organ Rally at Fremont, Ohio.

There was also one made for someone in the Southeast, possibly South
Carolina, that was a "reproduction" organ.  It may have been made by
the Lance Johnson Organ Company of Dakota but I'm not sure about that.

Hal Davis

 [ Tom Grace told me that there's an illustration in the Bowers'
 [ Encyclopedia, page 939, which resembles the North Tonawanda
 [ organs with no facade and exposed pipes.  It must have been 
 [ very noisy!  -- Robbie


(Message sent Sat 2 May 1998, 18:57:06 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  164, Band, Organ, Style, Wurlitzer

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