Newspaper accounts are quite clear about where Opus 203 was installed-the Oregon Theatre. He did own the Grand Theatre in Salem at one point, however this was not until late in 1923. George Guthrie owned the Oregon from 1915-1929, which explains the "Guthrie Theatre" entry in the Wurlitzer records. It is fair to surmise that Opus 203 was a "warm-up/preview of coming attractions" instrument heralding 241's arrival. It would be supplanted by Wurlitzer Opus 241-what amounted to a 3/12 Style 185-X Special-in October of that year.
Wurlitzer Demonstration Artist Raymond Ballard of San Francisco debuted the instrument in March of 1919. The rest of the organ was located in the house-left chamber. The instrument also featured a "Marimbaphone" (Marimba/Harp in Wurlitzer parlance) in the house-right organ chamber as a special percussion stop not normally found on a Style 135. This instrument utilized a "Piano Style" console with a 32-note pedalboard, a 61-note organ manual, and a Piano keyboard below it that could be muted for use as an organ manual-or unmuted for both Piano and organ, if so desired. Thank you Joe for arranging this post of Emil Cords demonstrating the Milwaukee, WI Riverview Skating Rink Wurlitzer pipe organ in 1956.Updated through online information from Eric Schmiedeberg. It sounds like an orchestral English Horn, and NOT a Post Horn. Genre Theater Organ Comment by Joe Peterzak Terry specializes in voicing high pressure Theatre Organ stops such as the Post Horn, Serpent, and Bugle Battalia. Thanks to Terry Klevin (pipe organ voicer) for correcting and clarifying the information here. This post is dedicated to John, and his historic work documenting TO's of the Chicagoland area in the 50's & 60's. Chicago has provided the Facebook Chicago TO Room with some amazing photographs of TO's being removed from their ORIGINAL locations in the Chicago Suburban area. This recording is yet another GEM from John Shanahan's personal archives. Normal Wurlitzer pressure is 10-inches H2O. The pressure used in this organ is 20-inches of H20. so they can be clearly heard and skated to by the patrons. Wurlitzer made a few of these special high pressure organs for roller rinks. That's because this is a recording of a special "high pressure" Wurlitzer. Note that the tone of these pipes are a little different than heard in a normal Wurlitzer pipe organ. This posting demonstrates clearly how each stop or rank sounds by itself when played alone. Here is a demonstration of the sound of a Wurlitzer Theatre organ's different ranks of pipes.
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