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Wurlitzer Specifics

The Alabama Theatre's Mighty Wurlitzer is a Publix I (Crawford Special). Opus 1783 was shipped from the Wurlitzer factory on 11 Novermber 1927. It has four manuals and 21 ranks. It was originally only 20 ranks, but an English post horn was added. The pipes are located in three chambers: main, string, and solo.

Main - Upper auditorium left

Tuba Horn		16'-4'	85 pipes  15"
Diaphonic Diapason	16'-8'	73 pipes  15"
Clarinet		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Tibia Clausa		 8'-4'	73 pipes  15"
Concert Flute		16'-2'	97 pipes  10"

String - Lower auditorium left

Viol D'Orchestre	 8'-2'	85 pipes  10"
Viol Celeste		 8'-4'	73 pipes  10"
Solo String		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Dulciana		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Vox Humana		 8'	61 pipes   6"
Violone			16'	12 pipes  10" (Austin)

Chrysoglott			49 notes
Bird 1

Solo - Upper and lower auditorium right

Lower chest

English Post Horn	 8'	61 pipes  15" (Trivo)
Tuba Mirabilis		 8'-4'	73 pipes  15"
Brass Trumpet		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Tibia Clausa		16'-2'	97 pipes  15"
Solo String		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Vox Humana		 8'	61 pipes   6"

Upper chest

Orchestral Oboe		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Kinura			 8'	61 pipes  10"
Brass Saxophone		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Quintadena		 8'	61 pipes  10"
Oboe Horn		 8'	61 pipes  10"

Piano				85 notes
Marimba/Harp			49 bars
Glockenspiel			37 bars
Sleigh Bells			25 notes
Cathedral Chimes		25 tubes
Xylophone			37 bars
Master Xylophone (exposed)	37 bars

Tambourine			Wood Block
Castanets			Triangle
Tap Cymbal			Boat Whistle
Crash Cymbal			Klaxon
Sizzle Cymbal			Ah-ooh-ga Horn
Splash Cymbal (exposed)		Bird 2
Snare Drum/Tom-tom		Bass Drum/Kettle Drum

Organist Kevin Cartwright at Big Bertha

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