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ATOS - Manasota Chapter (MTOS)

Originally The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (1927)

Location:

Grace Baptist Church
8000 Bee Ridge Road
Sarasota, FL 34241 US
Organ ID: 25097

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Wurlitzer
  • 32 ranks. 4 manuals.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Wurlitzer chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Position: Movable console.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Horseshoe style console.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys in horseshoe curves.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 02, 2007:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Originally built for the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida in 1927. Ultimately placed in storage in a warehouse in Miami where it was discovered by the Manasota Theatre Organ Society in 1996. It was removed from Miami to Sarasota by the MTOS and refurbished by members who arranged to have it placed at Grace Baptist and continued to enlarge the instrument and add suitable church ranks in addition to the original Wurlitzer stoplist.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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