Donny,

You wanted a mug shot of me, I have gone one better, this is me about 4 years back on a 20 Rank Wurlitzer now in the Stockport Town, Nr Manchester UK, it has been turned into digital controls, but still 20 ranks of pipes, the swell boxes have been stopped at 50%, fully open the sound would blow you away and there are offices in the building, played during the day at full power it would be too much for them. Sorry about the sound the bass pipes are 30ft, you will note the sound change as the consul reaches the floor that because there is a large speaker at the back on the consul which is there so there is no sound delay from the chamber 80 ft away.


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Very Cool Tony
Loved it...nothing like the mighty Wurlitzer, and you played it well.
Thanks for sharing
Larry


no hair even then?..............................................kidding

Larry,

Hair went about 20 years ago!

Tony, you are a bit of a dark horse....man, this is terrific...you are a fine player indeed, and that Wurlitzer is astonishing.

It is said that the guys with the most testosterone are first to lose their hair...

Beautifully played, and a real treat...love the tune, "Around the World" from Around the World (in Eighty Days) ♫ Music and Lyrics by Victor Young and Harold Adamson. I remember it sung by Bing Crosby.


Thank you,

Ian

Flamin' Nora! The Wizard of Glossop. Very cool, Tony, even as you descended into hades there:-).

My old dad built the Compton into the Gaumont in Finchley, North London in 1937, and that organ now blows the walls out of a pub somewhere in deepest Hertfordshire.

Tony ...........

That was a real surprise and a treat for me for sure and it's not even my birthday yet ...WELL DONE my man a stunning performance!! Now I can put a face on the poster also....Hope to hear more from you Tony great song ...brilliant playing...appreciate that you took the time to share it with us.

take care

hey Tony, now 'that's one impressive organ & performance !
Nice to catch that albeit brief mug shot of your smiling face too.

Nice one Tony.
I like the look of your front room but that coal cellar you go to must be very dusty!
Looks like the parlour I used to live in at Rotherham during the 1940's.............

Well sort of...



...it's not perfect



But at least we have some idea what Tony looks like

Tony, there is a 5 manual Whirlitzer organ the University of Kentucky faculty/alumni club. It was installed when the mansion was built (1932) and was used with a German Welte-Minon (SP)roll player unit (paper rolls). Only 1o0 of these player units were built, and the others were destroyed in the bombing during the 2nd world war.

Over the years, organ societies have had me send photos of the pipes (2100-some 4 feet horizontal-across the third floor).
Sadly, the roll player unit needs repair (an estimated $350,000 for the organ and player). I have played the organ a time or two. Some stops are not functioning and, to hear yourself, you knock the glasses off of the tables.


Great old instrument. Sad it's not practical to repair it.
I have an old photo of me in fangs, cape and Bella Lagocci (SP?)
make-up at the console, somewhere.


Great work, by the way!


Russ