Does anybody recognize this Wurlitzer? What caught my attention was it's compact size for a 2 manual console, plus it has what looks like a Spectra-Tone cabinet with it. All for $50!
What do you guys think? I have fond memories of playing a 60s Wurlitzer spinet as a kid in my parents' church.
Yes, 4460, from 1961. The cabinet is Spectratone 810. Don't be fooled, the organ is just as big as most consoles! 61 key manuals plus wide cheek blocks at either end.
It's not what you play. It's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
What can you tell me about the sound and capabilities? I can't seem to find much info about this organ anywhere. I gather it has a tube amplifier, but is the tone generation done by tubes as well? Or is it transistor octave divider?
I've never heard a Wurlitzer of this generation, so I can't comment from first hand knowledge. Jan Girardot's Master List of Electronic Organ Models shows it as a Vacuum-Tube Frequency Divider organ.
You are dealing with electronic circuits that are over 50 years old, and component quality (or lack thereof) from that era. At its best, it is probably limited in its sound capabilities.
Isn't the 4460 an electrostatic reed model?
If so, that video clip isn't representative. They have a lush tone with good harmonic development although rather limited in range of timbres. Ken Griffin used to play them, amongst others.
I am not sure what the maintenance situation is now; some pitches of reed are NLA and I suspect it is becoming something of a labour of love to keep one of these in top order.
OTOH wish I could find any electrostatic model like this here in the UK. They are almost unheard of here and I am looking for one for my collection.
I think you may be thinking of the earlier 4600 model, Lucien. That is, AFAIK, the one used by Ken Griffin and featured on the TV series "67 Melody Lane". The 4460 is shown in Jan's List as Valve Divider. He was nothing if not accurate in his listing!
It's not what you play. It's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
Confusing... I thought it was electrostatic for some reason, so before posting I did check the list which agreed with me. But the list I checked turns out to have been an old version (V6.0 of 2003) and clearly wrong, as I realise now it also states the 4460 has a 13 note pedalboard. So it's the console version of the 4100?
Yes it is the console version of the 4100. I have a 4100, and I knew all of the early Wurlitzer models.
James
Baldwin Church Organ Model 48C
Baldwin Spinet 58R
Lowrey Spinet SCL
Wurlitzer 4100A
Crown Pump Organ by Geo. P. Bent, Chicago, Illinois
Organs I hope to obtain in the future:
Conn Tube Minuet or Caprice even a transistor Caprice with the color coded tabs
Gulbransen H3 or G3, or V.
Wurlitzer 44, 4410, 4420, ES Reed Models, 4300, 4500, Transistor Models
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