I studied under Herbert Vincent's daughter and her husband Ray Thomas. I built 4 wurlitzer band organs. A 125 and two 104's and one 104 i converted to midi. its been a great hobby.
I grew up with the 165 at Seabreeze Park and it was a sad day when that carousel went up in flames and the band organ with it. I will say that the people at Seabreeze park did a fantastic job replacing what was there and the Verbeeck 165 that is there now is over 20 years old and going strong.
What an amazing collection of skills and knowledge. It would be great if there is some kind of training or knowledge sharing scheme going on to keep these skills alive, otherwise sadly these beautiful instruments will die and fade in to past history.
That crankshaft needs replacing with steel, built up from rolled, not cast, stock. It can be sandblasted to look like cast metal. The facade ruins the organ! It hides all the intricate works which are much more beautiful than the best facade. it also muffles the sound, knocking out all the treble. I always liked the Gavioli organs because they show so much more of the internals, & do not have shutters in front of the pipes. Many have animated figures, but you can see past them to the pipes & internals.
It's from the same era as the European fairground organs, it's no different. Blame Bruder for it as they are the ones that spawned the Wurlitzer 165 facade in the first place, with their Elite Apollo Orchester. The facade does not muffle the sound in any way shape or form. The big open gap to let the pipes sound out is the swell shutters. The first Wurlitzer 164 appeared in 1914 and was sold to George Layman in Boston, Massachussetts..
@@wurly164 Yep, Brian Park will be pleased to know that the 164 has exposed pipes much like European organs... Didn't 3062 burn and what was the 2nd one's serial?
I studied under Herbert Vincent's daughter and her husband Ray Thomas. I built 4 wurlitzer band organs. A 125 and two 104's and one 104 i converted to midi. its been a great hobby.
I grew up with the 165 at Seabreeze Park and it was a sad day when that carousel went up in flames and the band organ with it. I will say that the people at Seabreeze park did a fantastic job replacing what was there and the Verbeeck 165 that is there now is over 20 years old and going strong.
I remember going to Glen Echo, riding the merry go round & the roller coaster.
It would be nice to have a 165 back in my hometown again.
Which 165 was it and where was it at originally? Playland or where else?
What an amazing collection of skills and knowledge. It would be great if there is some kind of training or knowledge sharing scheme going on to keep these skills alive, otherwise sadly these beautiful instruments will die and fade in to past history.
The ancestor to a drum machine
That crankshaft needs replacing with steel, built up from rolled, not cast, stock. It can be sandblasted to look like cast metal.
The facade ruins the organ! It hides all the intricate works which are much more beautiful than the best facade. it also muffles the sound, knocking out all the treble. I always liked the Gavioli organs because they show so much more of the internals, & do not have shutters in front of the pipes. Many have animated figures, but you can see past them to the pipes & internals.
No class, the guy not the organ
It's from the same era as the European fairground organs, it's no different. Blame Bruder for it as they are the ones that spawned the Wurlitzer 165 facade in the first place, with their Elite Apollo Orchester. The facade does not muffle the sound in any way shape or form. The big open gap to let the pipes sound out is the swell shutters.
The first Wurlitzer 164 appeared in 1914 and was sold to George Layman in Boston, Massachussetts..
@@CBF1 the first 164 on record to be sold was in 3/29/1917
That was serial number 3062 and was shipped to Whiting, Indiana
@@wurly164 Yep, Brian Park will be pleased to know that the 164 has exposed pipes much like European organs...
Didn't 3062 burn and what was the 2nd one's serial?
@@CBF1 I would have to look it up in the encyclopedia. One of them is said to have burned up, not sure which one, the other was basically scrapped