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The Mightiest Wurlitzer

Fact Sheet

Power Supply Three Orgelectra D.C. Power Supplies totaling 300 Amps (peak) at 12 volts.
Air Supply Four blowers – Spencer Turbines – Totaling 32-1/2 H.P.
Switching Mechanism 7 Conventional Wurlitzer electro-pneumatic relays feeding 9 Wurlitzer switch stacks holding 402 switches.
Main Cabling 21,661 feet of 100 strand (telephone type) cable, totaling 2,166,100 feet or approximately 410 miles of single strand wire.
Pipe Lengths Longest Pipe – 34 feet speaking length (16.35 HZ frequency). Shortest pipe – 3/8 inch speaking length (8372.0 HZ frequency).
Stop Tablets by Division Tablets arranged in four bolsters

Pedal – 39

Accomp. – 47

Great – 81

Bombarde – 31

Orchestral – 32

Solo – 30

Name Board – 69

Total – 331

Rank Analysis Tibias – 5

Flutes – 7

Strings – 16

Reeds – 26

Diapason – 15

Total – 69

Total Number of Pipes 4677
Console Height – 64" Depth – 62" Width – 67"

White lacquer finish with 23-1/2 carat gold leaf ornamentation

5 manuals – 305 keys

Pedalboard – 32 keys

6 expression pedals + crescendo

Combinations – 61 pistons

6 toe studs – 2 piano pedals

Junk Drawer – Special effects

Pedal switch for Great manual Sustain

Wurlitzer Hall Size 79’ wide x 41’ high x 102’ long (incl. organ chambers)

Fact Sheet | Solo | Orchestral | Bombarde | Great | Accompaniment | Pedal
General | Percussions | Chamber Analysis

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