STOPLIST FOR THE WENR - NBC RADIO CHICAGO
ORGAN |
The stoplist of the WENR - NBC Radio studio in Chicago
is absolutely remarkable for a 13 rank instrument. This organ was originally
in a theatre in Cleveland, but was repossed by Wurlitzer and reinstalled
in the radio studio. It appears as though this organ's specs were jazzed
up during this move as it has TONS of 16' stops on the Great, and is very
meek in 16' pedal offsets -- typical of a recording organ of that vintage
to minimize bass distortion. Also, lots of inra-manual couplers.... an
unusual touch for back then, but common for today's specs! Jesse (and
Helen) played this organ quite often. I happen to own the console from
that instrument and can vouch for the fact that the stoprails were full
from left to right as indicated by the combo action complexity on this
thing. The ranklist was: |
English Horn (posthorn) No brass trumpet, kinura, or quint - almost "British" |
Note: Information was provided by Doug Powers in a posting on the Theatre Organs Chatlist |