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Style D Wurlitzer

Last post 12-31-2009, 10:05 AM by wurliman1970. 10 replies.
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  •  08-31-2006, 8:33 PM 23958

    Style D Wurlitzer

    I have always loved the Style D Wurlitzer. It has onr of everything:

    RESOURCES
    8' Trumpet
    16'-4' Open Diapason
    8'-4' Tibia Clausa (put on its own trem and reservoir)
    8'-4' Salicional
    16'-2' Concert Flute
    8' Vox Humana
    Chrysoglott  
    Chimes
    Xylophone
    Glockenspiel
    Traps and Effects

    Since many Wurlitzers didnt have many 16' stops on the solo and no couplers, I would re-spec it as this:

    PEDAL 10 tabs
    16' Bass
    16' Bourdon
    8' Trumpet
    8' Open Diapason
    8' Tibia Clausa
    8' Cello
    8' Flute
    Bass Drum
    Kettle Drum
    Cymbal
    Accompaniment to Pedal 8'

    ACCOMPANIMENT 16 tabs
    8' Trumpet
    8' Open Diapason
    8' Tibia Clausa
    8' Salicional
    8' Flute
    8' Vox Humana
    4' Octave
    4' Piccolo
    4' Salicet
    4' Flute
    4' Vox Humana
    2' Piccolo
    Chrysoglott
    Snare Drum
    Tambourine
    Castanets
    Accompaniment 4'

    SOLO
    16' Trumpet (TC)
    16' Bass
    16' Tibia Clausa (TC)
    16' Contra Viol (TC)
    16' Vox Humana (TC)
    8' Trumpet
    8' Open Diapason
    8' Tibia Clausa
    8' Salicional
    8' Flute
    8' Vox Humana
    4' Octave
    4' Piccolo
    4' Salicet
    4' Flute
    2 2/3' Twelfth
    2' Piccolo
    1 3/5' Tierce
    Cathedral Chimes
    Xylophone
    Glockenspiel
    Chrysoglott
    Solo 16'
    Solo 4'

    ACCOMPANIMENT 2nd TOUCH
    8' Trumpet
    8' Open Diapason
    8' Tibia Clausa
    Sub Chrysoglott
    Solo to Accompaniment 8'

    SOLO 2nd TOUCH
    16' Trumpet (TC)
    8' Trumpet

    TREMULANTS
    Main (Tuba, Diapason, Salicional, Flute)
    Tibia
    Vox

    The traps on the Accompaniment would be avaliable thru tow studs with the remainder "stock" traps. The crash cymbal would be moved to a piano pedal where it is much more convient.


  •  09-01-2006, 12:56 AM 23965 in reply to 23958

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    Not a bad idea.   The D I am restoring has a 210 console so there is room for the tabs however I plan on keeping the EP console action.   I an planning on using Artisan for the relay as we couldnt get the original relay out in one piece and I'm using Artisan presently on 6 ranks. Why the Sub Chry on A2?

    I'm not sure where the couplers would fit.   I dont recall any on the console.

    Al

  •  09-01-2006, 8:37 AM 23980 in reply to 23965

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    Well the bigger wurlitzers have a sub Harp so you can play "chicago" style (chop-chop) music. Hold the cords in the left hand and push thru 2nd touch on the off-beats. Its a great effect. I am helping restore a 210. Theres a few more tabs thena style D and they want a piano. It all just fits!
  •  10-04-2006, 1:10 PM 24798 in reply to 23958

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    I am quite interested in your comments on the Style D Wurlitzer. I have made a few modifications to my Style D and found that some are more useful than others. In order of priority I would place the changes from the standard as follows:
    1. Separate tremulant for the Tibia - Makes the organ sound much bigger.
    2. 16' Tibia on the Solo - Obtain that rich, full bodied theatre organ sound.
    3. 16' Trumpet on the Solo - Richer sound, easier to play solos in the tenor range. Not too useful to use the 8' and 16' Trumpets as a Trumpet and Clarion (played an octave up).
    4. Accompaniment to Pedal Coupler - Great for classical music, makes pedal registration follow accompaniment automatically for both classical and popular music.
    5. Solo to Pedal Coupler - Rarely used.

    The octave couplers that are listed on your post duplicate stops that already exist. Due to the extensive unification already present, the octave couplers are of limited usefulness, mainly as somewhat of a registration aid.

    I almost never use the accompaniment 16' stops included in the original instrument. I am not sure why these stops were included in the original design.

    Style D Wurlitzer Pipe Organ
    http://www.bluemoonwalkinghorses.com/Style_D_Description5_rev2.html
  •  10-05-2006, 7:06 PM 24845 in reply to 24798

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    I agree on all changes except the Solo to Pedal coupler. I dont think they are needed until you get into a 3 manual console (13 ranks or more). just my opinion. I believe it is VERY important to have a variety of 16' stops on the Solo. It makes more sense and its easier to register. I also agree with the tibia since it sounds a lot better on its own trem.

    The Trumpet, Diapason, Violin, and Flute would be on one trem and reservoir, and the vox and tibia on seperate regulators and trems.

    Will hopefully sounds great! I am trying to get a Kimball Violin which are the BEST strings in my opinion. Sound alot better then a Wurlitzer Salicional.......

  •  10-05-2006, 7:19 PM 24848 in reply to 24845

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    Cleveland High School in Portland OR. has a Kimball. The strings have a very nice sound. The Style D  Salicional is not as refined a sound but has the beef to blend well with the Diapason and/or Tibia.

    Style D Wurlitzer Pipe Organ
    http://www.bluemoonwalkinghorses.com/Style_D_Description5_rev2.html
  •  10-05-2006, 9:22 PM 24854 in reply to 24848

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    The other change is to put the 16' offsets on their own regulator minus trem.  
  •  10-09-2006, 7:11 PM 24978 in reply to 24854

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    Excellent suggestion!

    All the pedal offsets including the 8' Flute, 8' Tibia, 8' Diapason should be on an untremmed regulator. I forgot to mention this essential change. The pedal has a much more stable sound especially the 16' Bourdon which has a better attack. The large pipes do not take very well to the tremulant action.

    My Style D has 4 regulators Main, Tibia, Vox (all Wurlitzer three valve type), and Pedal (church type with a single valve). The tremulants are all Wurlitzer, 2 large for the Main and Tibia and one small for the Vox. The mechanicals (swell shades, relay, console, percussion) use static air to avoid disturbances in the regulated air. The tremulants are winded from the opposite end of the chest from the air supply using 2" rigid wind line about 12' long with a minimum of two elbows included. The result is that the tremulants can be adjusted for a wide range of depth and speed without using weights. The pitch variation is smoothly symmetric - not choppy. With the tremulants off, the pitch variation is small so that the higher pitches do not waver when a low pitch note is struck in the same rank.

    Style D Wurlitzer Pipe Organ
    http://www.bluemoonwalkinghorses.com/Style_D_Description5_rev2.html
  •  12-12-2009, 11:08 AM 100137 in reply to 23958

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    Is the Tibia of a Style D usually of 10" scale and unleathered?
  •  12-12-2009, 7:24 PM 100190 in reply to 100137

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    Yes and No.  A style D Tibia was a "regular" scaled Tibia Clausa, voiced on 10 inch wind pressure.  Wurlitzer was very picky about their product leaving the factory built to an exacting standard.  One of the Wurlitzer part numbers is Y106MS, which is Buckskin...the typical leather used for their Tibia Clausa mouths.  Each stop built in the factory, (as well as everything else),  had an accompanying "work tag" that followed the stop through it's complete production process.  That work tag was pre printed with every detailed step of the fabrication of that stop, with a space on the tag for the individual worker to initial after he had finished the next step in the production process.  These work tags were scrutinized by department managers (Wurlitzer was famous for their inner office and inner factory paperwork), to account for ongoing labor costs of individual workers, and also to detect workmanship flaws at the end of the production process.  For this reason, you can be sure that "leathering lips" was one of the specified steps on the work tag in the production process of a Tibia Clausa.  Your Style D Tibia almost surely left the factory with leathered lips. 

    I have seen as many unleathered Tibias as I have leathered ones, in my own experience.  However, most unleathered examples I've seen have had remaining evidence of leathered upper lips being there at one time, (discoloration of the wood, remaining traces of old glue, etc. etc.).

    Occasionally, there were specific requests made by organists when a new organ contract was signed.  (You might suspect that an organist requested your Style D Tibia without leathered lips).  However, voicing details were usually ignored by the factory.  Requests for a different stop than called for in a particular model organ were usually honored by the factory, but that was about the extent of changes that would be made by the factory.


    ....."next" is a four letter word. Jay999
  •  12-31-2009, 10:05 AM 101629 in reply to 100190

    Re: Style D Wurlitzer

    Has anyone got a decent console pic of a Style-D in it's original format (not modified or added to) please.

    If so, please could you e-mail to me at:  wurliman1970@yahoo.co.uk

     

    Many Thanks

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