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Wurlitzer Band Organ

Known band organ models once produced by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York, US, and information regarding currently active models and their locations include: • Style: — Active organ information and locations: • #18 — N/A • #50 — American Treasure Tour (several), Oaks, Pennsylvania • #65 — DeBence Antique Music World, 1261 Liberty Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania, US. It is a one of a kind model in which no other was known to be produced, was last publicly used on the Carousel at Cabana Beach Park in Washington, Pennsylvania • Caliola — 1931 PTC Carousel, Idlewild Park, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, alongside a Wurlitzer 103 (see below), alternatively playing a roll on one organ, then playing the other organ while the first one rewinds Harold Warp's Pioneer Village, brass whistles, Minden, Nebraska Jasper Sanfilippo Collection, ex Harold Shaner Collection, brass whistles with keyboard and drums, Victorian Palace, Barrington Hills, Illinois Virginia Musical Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia Chris Carlisle Collection, Missouri, from Lenny Marvin movie prop house collection, Los Angeles Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg, Pennsylvania Only plays on COAA Band Organ Rallies Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum 1916 #1 Special Carrousel, North Tonawanda, New York, plays alongside a Wurlitzer 146-A (see below), alternatively playing a roll on one organ, then playing the other organ while the first one rewinds, has keyboard Unknown Year, American Treasure Tour Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania • #103 — 1931 PTC Carousel, Idlewild Park, Ligonier, Pennsylvania (facade made by Artizan, nicknamed "The Wurlitzan"), alongside a Wurlitzer Caliola (see above), alternatively playing a roll on one organ, then playing the other organ while the first one rewinds Flying Horses Carousel, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, US Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio, 1925 Dentzel carousel, in storage Nevada City Music Hall • #104 — Merry - Go - Round museum, non-operational Bronson Collection, Michigan Private Collection, DesPlaines, Il Chris Carlisle Collection, Missouri, "Hot Lips Hoolihan" from Paul Eakins Collection • #105 — (Note: Two completely different instruments were given the model designation 105 by Wurlitzer. Early 105s were essentially the model 125 but without percussion. An example is located in the Sanfillipo collection in Illinois.

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Wurlitzer 125 band organ (1924), Pullen Park Carousel, Raleigh, NC Alexandra Fox

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Known band organ models once produced by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York, US, and information regarding currently active models and their locations include: • Style: — Active organ information and locations: • #18 — N/A • #50 — American Treasure Tour (several), Oaks, Pennsylvania • #65 — DeBence Antique Music World, 1261 Liberty Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania, US. It is a one of a kind model in which no other was known to be produced, was last publicly used on the Carousel at Cabana Beach Park in Washington, Pennsylvania • Caliola — 1931 PTC Carousel, Idlewild Park, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, alongside a Wurlitzer 103 (see below), alternatively playing a roll on one organ, then playing the other organ while the first one rewinds Harold Warp's Pioneer Village, brass whistles, Minden, Nebraska Jasper Sanfilippo Collection, ex Harold Shaner Collection, brass whistles with keyboard and drums, Victorian Palace, Barrington Hills, Illinois Virginia Musical Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia Chris Carlisle Collection, Missouri, from Lenny Marvin movie prop house collection, Los Angeles Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg, Pennsylvania Only plays on COAA Band Organ Rallies Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum 1916 #1 Special Carrousel, North Tonawanda, New York, plays alongside a Wurlitzer 146-A (see below), alternatively playing a roll on one organ, then playing the other organ while the first one rewinds, has keyboard Unknown Year, American Treasure Tour Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania • #103 — 1931 PTC Carousel, Idlewild Park, Ligonier, Pennsylvania (facade made by Artizan, nicknamed "The Wurlitzan"), alongside a Wurlitzer Caliola (see above), alternatively playing a roll on one organ, then playing the other organ while the first one rewinds Flying Horses Carousel, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, US Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio, 1925 Dentzel carousel, in storage Nevada City Music Hall • #104 — Merry - Go - Round museum, non-operational Bronson Collection, Michigan Private Collection, DesPlaines, Il Chris Carlisle Collection, Missouri, "Hot Lips Hoolihan" from Paul Eakins Collection • #105 — (Note: Two completely different instruments were given the model designation 105 by Wurlitzer. Early 105s were essentially the model 125 but without percussion. An example is located in the Sanfillipo collection in Illinois.

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