Pipe Organ Database

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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (Opus 1569, 1927)

Location:

Florida Theatre
128 E. Forsyth Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202 US
Organ ID: 60036

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Theatres, Cinemas, Movie Houses
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • 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: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 15 ranks. 3 manuals.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 29, 2017:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Taylor Phillips, listing this web site as a source of information: http://www.netnovelet.com/id118.htm. . Taylor Phillips also gave this as a source of information: Guided tour of theater building.
The organ was put into storage when the theater went out of business in the 1970s and was later installed at Grace Baptist Church in Sarasota, organ ID 25097. Advertising at the time the theater opened claimed the cost was $100,000.

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

Instrument Images:

Theater Building Exterior: Photograph by Taylor Phillips. Taken on 2017-03-01

Theater Interior: Photograph by Taylor Phillips. Taken on 2017-03-01

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