The Theatre Organ Heritage Centre
and
Hope-Jones Museum
Pictures of the ex-Trocadero Liverpool Wurlitzer
Information from Wurlitzer original records:
Opus no 1664
Manufactured 1926
Delivered to the Trocadero Liverpool on 27th July
1927
It is a Wurlitzer Style DS, only 5 such Wurlitzers were made.
4 were shipped to Germany and only one came to UK.
It is the 6th oldest Wurlitzer to survive in UK and because of this it is
of great historical importance.
General view of Organ when in storage at the Royal Devonshire Hospital in
Buxton.
Picture shows "Off note Chests" and in distance the main pipe
chest.
The large frames in the fore ground are the supports for the main chests.
The Blower unit in foreground and Console under cover behind.
Console sweep as originally in the Theatre.
Two views of the pipework in original Theatre installation
View of regulators beneath the main chests, again as in original Theatre
Installation.
Below are photos taken when the organ was storage in Southport
just before it was rescued by the Trust as the building was being for
development.
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