Pipe Organ Database

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Owner (1983)

Originally The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (Opus 1404, 1926)

Location:

Phipps Center for the Arts
109 Locust Street
Hudson, WI 54016 US
Organ ID: 9054

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Wurlitzer
  • 17 ranks. 3 manuals.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Wurlitzer chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on March 09, 2017:

Wurlitzer "Style Sp 3m" - a Style 260 Special with 16 ranks
Factory date: July 28, 1926
Built for the Paramount Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1957, moved to KSTP-TV, also in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1983, moved to the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wisconsin, a gift from Hubbard Broadcasting and the Stanley Hubbard family, owners of KSTP-TV.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 31, 2014:

Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- The three manual console is from Wurlitzer opus 2131 originally installed at the Oriental Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts in 1930.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1998

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Built for Paramount Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota. Moved here from 2nd home, TV station KSTP, Minneapolis, MN. Originally Style 260, 15rk.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Michael Barone: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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