Encores Archive - Wurlitzer In The House Documentary

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10 жыл бұрын

For a weekly dose of cinema organ music, visit organistencores.co.uk
In this documentary, we take a trip to the Gamonut State Kilburn, Len Rawle's Home and to his Parents house at Wurlitzer Lodge plus an Interview with Florence De Jong and Ena Baga! Broadcast 1978.

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@johnbarwick3546 9 жыл бұрын

What a lovely addition to You Tube. This shows the value of our internet- the ability to preserve the beauty of the past and to keep for future generations the history of some of our beautiful musical instruments- which hopefully will live on. Thank you for sharing.

@pawleybrianUS 10 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful treat for us organ lovers. Never saw this back in 1978. Great to see some personal friends and acquaintances on film.

@paulj0557tonehead 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! Wurlitzer lover here, including the great electronic Wurlitzer,Conn,Gulbransen, Rodgers, and Allen models. The Wurlitzer electrostatic reed organs1946-61 are becoming increasingly endangered, please scout these out and save them. Like the Hammond tone wheel organs they can play trouble free for many generations and be repaired quite easily with basic parts and skills.

@Baxtonmoor 10 жыл бұрын

A brilliant reminder of what a trip to the cinema used to be like before my time (I'm only a post-war baby-boomer) and the sounds that organs are capable of producing in competent hands.

@natethefighter 8 жыл бұрын

I love that the house is called 'Tonawanda'. I live in North Tonawanda, NY, where Wurlitzer had its North American headquarters.

@safenders 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, good Tonawanda

@captainwendell 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video! I really enjoyed watching it

@Ziegler-boothBlogspot 10 жыл бұрын

Fascinating Thank you for adding this to KZfaq!

@wurlitzerwilly 10 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you.

@mainaccount131 4 жыл бұрын

Super excellent

@regent260 10 жыл бұрын

and even Sidney Torch at the opening?.....Never seen footage of him playing Amazing!!!!

@Offshoreorganbuilder 10 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks.

@jonkino 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful cinema and Wonderful Wurlitzer. This cinema is about to be turned into a Weatherspoons pub. I wonder if the organ is still there or long gone.

@derekmaine 10 жыл бұрын

Great. Many thanks for this, Derek.De.Maine (Actor)

@ianmidgley2247 10 жыл бұрын

Great stuff :-)

@andrewc.2952 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, they were there in the 1920s! The voice of history and pop culture no less. It's absolutely thrilling.

@joanerhard454 7 жыл бұрын

very old 1936. My age, file for historianfile. Love the old music, o the younger generations can learn the history of music.

@safenders 4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@wurlitzer895 10 жыл бұрын

I echo Wendell Brunk's comments. I and my dear Father had the real pleasure of playing this organ way back in the late 1960s. William Weir was the manager at the time and we paid him the requisite 2 guineas for the practice session. The happiest memories of my mid-teens.

@safenders 4 жыл бұрын

Where are you from? Tonawanda, NY by chance?

@wurlitzer895 4 жыл бұрын

@@safenders Hi there! No. SE London, UK. Maybe my comment was a little ambiguous. The organ we played was the Wurlitzer installed in the Gaumont State Theatre, North London. The nearest I've been to Tonawanda was a helicopter ride over the Niagara Falls during a holiday to Canada in 2001!! All good wishes. Peter A

@safenders 4 жыл бұрын

@@wurlitzer895 aha, I should have gave more attention to your original comment. Niagra falls is so close. Just a relatively short drive. Thanks for the reply.

@wurlitzer895 4 жыл бұрын

@@safenders Thank you for your reply. Yes, it is indeed - very close, but to quote the old adage 'it was so near, yet so far'!! Keep well!! Peter A :)