| Pedal | Great |
| Major Bass 16' | Bourdon 16' |
| Dolce Gedeckt 16' | Viola 16' |
| Octave Bass 8' | Open Diapason 8' - NF* |
| Diapason 8' – NF* | Flute 8' |
| Violon Cello 8' | Flauto Dolce 8' |
| Flute 4' | Viola 8' |
| | Dulciana 8' |
| Swell | Celeste 8' |
| Bourdon 16' | Octave 4' - NF* |
| Stopped Flute 8' | Flute 4' |
| Flauto Dolce 8' | Violina 4' |
| Viola 8' | Twelfth 2 2/3' |
| Dulciana 8' | Fifteenth 2' |
| Voix Celeste 8' | String Mixture II RKS. |
| Stopped Flute 4' | Chimes - NF** |
| Violina 4' | Echo to Main - NF** |
| Flute Twelfth 2 2/3' | Echo on Main Off - NF** |
| Flautina 2' | |
| Oboe 8' | 5 Factory Presets |
| Tremulant - NF** | Swell Pedal - NF |
| | Crescendo Pedal |
* Not Functional - Reed sounds, associated pickup or capacity does not
** Not Functional - Function performed outside of existing console, therefore not operative
4 comments:
Dear Jon,
I have information to share with you regarding the Wurlitzer Model 20 organ. Please send me an e-mail at rcr46@sbcglobal.net
Thanks,
Richard Rogers
St. Louis, MO
Hi Jon,
I really enjoy your playing, even though you have reiterated that you are an adult organist in training (lol).
I have finally gotten my 'new' 1946 Wurlitzer Orgatron model 31 & it's 310 Wurlitzer rotary tone cabinet. The 310 would be an ideal cabinet for your classical playing because of the rotary vibrato. It doesn't have the Leslie swirl, but more of a classical tremolo.
I noticed that in a video of retrochad's on youtube, he had a service type of manual with various Wurlitzer products in it, and he mentioned that it came with his Model 20. Also I see that a Mr. Richard Rogers had some info regarding the Model 20 to share with you. I would love to have any information regarding these organs. The model 20 might have many similarities with my model 31. If you do have any info digitized and would be willing to share it me, my email is: paulrjacobs at hotmail dot com.
Soon I will post my Model 31 and the very big and beautiful model 310 rotary tone cabinet. As the model 31 has no internal speaker, it requires an external means of amplification. The 310 tone cabinet has two 6431 tube amps in it's upper compartment located to either side of the rotary diffuser. These are the same amps that are in the massive tone cabinet for the model 20 ( see retrochad's video). Since getting the organ I have not been able to hear it because I'm certain that there are some defunct electrolytic capacitors in either the organ's preamp, or the tone cabinet amplifiers.
One thing I am curious about is how your dad hooked a line output on your organ. Did he have to add a resistor in line with the signal that would normally go to the organ's tone cabinet to quiet it down, or did he have to boost this signal up? Since I am going into the 310 cabinet I won't need this,but it would be nice to add reverb.
I have subscribed to your youtube channel.I too, have a youtube channel and have made a couple of play lists dedicated to organ videos. The name of the play lists are:
'Organ Tunes even Organ Haters will love!'
Watch especially:
'Organ Moods- John Winters at the Mighty Wurlitzer' side 1 complete
I am fairly certain that John played an electrostatic organ. On this album you can hear the significance of using a real rotary tremulent to accent parts of a piece. I don't believe any electric/electronic organ comes closer to sounding like real pipes than a Wurlitzer electrostatic reed organ.
Keep up the good work,
Paul Jacobs in Columbus Ohio
Oops, I'm sorry if I called you Jon, I was going by the previous comment.
-Paul
this week they gave me a wurlitzer series 20, beautiful, and in good condition
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