Welte-Mignon Corporation [Welte Organ Co.]
1927
Wakefield Theatre
4214 White Plains Road
New York City (The Bronx), NY, US
9 Ranks - 685 Pipes
Instrument ID: 44168 ● Builder ID: 6617 ● Location ID: 38949
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Builder: Welte-Mignon Corporation [Welte Organ Co.]
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions27 Stops111 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Paul R. Marchesano on January 14th, 2026:
from Cinema Treasures: The Wakefield Theatre was opened on February 4, 1927. This Bronx neighborhood house seems to have closed sometime in the mid-1970’s. Seated 1339. [Ed.: It may well have lasted until the late 1970s.]
from Cinema Treasures: The Wakefield Theatre was opened on February 4, 1927. This Bronx neighborhood house seems to have closed sometime in the mid-1970’s. Seated 1339. [Ed.: It may well have lasted until the late 1970s.]
John Roper on February 17th, 2021:
From a brochure published by the Welte-Mignon Corporation: "The Organ in the Exposition of Architecture and Allie Arts, Grand Central Palace, New York, February 21 to March 5, 1927, is a WELTE Orchestral Unit, built for the Wakefield Theatre, [Bronx] New York, to which the Welte reproducing action has been applied temporarily, for this exhibition only. The manual console is of a modified unit type, the reproducing action in this instance being in a small separate console. "Provision is made in the console for an Echo Organ, for which there is no place in the Grand Central Palace, but which will be installed in the theatre. The specification follows:"
Database Manager on October 8th, 2009:
Identified through information from Steve Lawson: -- Exhibited February 21 to March 5, 1927 in the Grand Central Palace, New York City. It was then installed in the theatre with an additional echo division.
Webpage Links: Exposition of Architecture and Allied Arts - New York City [NYCAGO Organ Project web site]
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