Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co.
1925
Berryman United Methodist Church
400 West 32nd Street
Richmond, VA, US
4 Ranks
Instrument ID: 14210 ● Builder ID: 5445 ● Location ID: 13002
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2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Stops16 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
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Database Manager on February 14th, 2019:
Updated by George W Jenista, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Mr. Zeb Roberts, Music Director, Mt. Pisgah Church. <br> <br>From Zeb Roberts: \"Here is a letter written by the previous music director concerning the organ you referenced.<br><br>Whatever became of the Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from the Berryman Church? <br><br>I\'m happy to report, after a long process of finding a good home for the organ, that it is in Hidalgo, Mexico where it will be come part of a larger Wurlitzer installation in the Church of San José (St. Joseph). The church is part of a religious complex that dates back to a monastery that was established there in the 16th century by the Spaniards The main church, which dates back at least 420 years, is going through a renovation that includes restoring a part of the organ that was already present and adding pipes from other organs from the United States. Bill Murdock, a Chicago native, is overseeing the organ project. <br><br>Hidalgo is located in the mountains of eastern Mexico, between 200 and 300 miles west of the Gulf of Mexico; with a year \'round temperature of about 75 and low humidity, Hidalgo is the perfect place for an instrument made of temperature and moisture sensitive materials.\"
Updated by George W Jenista, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Mr. Zeb Roberts, Music Director, Mt. Pisgah Church. <br> <br>From Zeb Roberts: \"Here is a letter written by the previous music director concerning the organ you referenced.<br><br>Whatever became of the Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from the Berryman Church? <br><br>I\'m happy to report, after a long process of finding a good home for the organ, that it is in Hidalgo, Mexico where it will be come part of a larger Wurlitzer installation in the Church of San José (St. Joseph). The church is part of a religious complex that dates back to a monastery that was established there in the 16th century by the Spaniards The main church, which dates back at least 420 years, is going through a renovation that includes restoring a part of the organ that was already present and adding pipes from other organs from the United States. Bill Murdock, a Chicago native, is overseeing the organ project. <br><br>Hidalgo is located in the mountains of eastern Mexico, between 200 and 300 miles west of the Gulf of Mexico; with a year \'round temperature of about 75 and low humidity, Hidalgo is the perfect place for an instrument made of temperature and moisture sensitive materials.\"
Database Manager on June 25th, 2017:
Information from <i>The WurliTzer Pipe Organ – An Illustrated History</i>, by David L. Junchen (comp. & ed. by Jeff Weiler). The American Theatre Organ Society: 2005<br> Wurlitzer "Style CH Sp"<br> Factory date: September 19, 1925
Database Manager on March 12th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Congregation merged with another church (Mount Pisgah UMC). Organ believed to be removed in 2011 to be used in the chapel of Mount Pisgah. (Source: www.churchesofvirginia.org accessed Mar 10, 2012)
Database Manager on February 16th, 2005:
Identified through information on the Richmond AGO web site: www.richmondago.org/orgtour.html
Related Instrument Entries: William [Bill] Murdock (2018)
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