Sounds of American Organs
Don Baker
Paramount Studio, New York City (Wurlitzer 4/21)
Al Carney
Carney Studio, Chicago (Howell 4/15)
Paul Carson
NBC Studio, Hollywood (Wurlitzer/Kimball 3/10)
Gaylord Carter
KNX Studio, Columbia Square, Hollywood (Balcom & Vaughn 3/11)
Milton Charles
Tivoli Theatre, Chicago (Wurlitzer 3/17)
Our Yesterdays 1924 (included for its historical interest, rather than its fidelity - an acoustic
recording)
Gunn School, Chicago (Wurlitzer ?/??)
KNX Studio, Columbia Square, Hollywood (Balcom & Vaughn 3/11)
Buddy Cole
Unknown organ(s) - recorded 1941
Cole residence, North Hollywood (Robert Morton 3/9) 1948
Helen Crawford
Paramount Studio, New York City (Wurlitzer 4/21)
Jesse Crawford
Chicago Theatre (Wurlitzer 4/24)
Wurlitzer Store, Chicago (Wurlitzer 3/17)
Paramount Studio, New York City (Wurlitzer 4/21)
NBC Studio, Chicago (Wurlitzer 3/12)
Opening broadcast Part 1 Part 2 1 March, 1936 - listen for snatches of Crawford humming along as
he plays
Francis Cronin
WNAC Studio, Boston (Aeolian-Skinner 4/36)
Edmund Cromwell
BPOE (Elks) Lodge, Queensboro (I am told it is a Wurlitzer, but it does not sound like
one)
Kilgen Hall, New York City (Kilgen ?/?)
Eddie Dunstedter
Minnesota Theatre, Minneapolis (Wurlitzer 4/20) 1929
Kimball Hall, Chicago (Kimball ?/?)
Temple of Labor, Chicago (Barton 2/?)
Unidentified Organ
KNX Studio, Columbia Square, Hollywood (Balcom & Vaughn 3/11)
Fred Feibel
Tom Grierson
Wurlitzer player organ roll c.1929
John Hammond (recorded as "John Hassell")
Saenger Theatre, New Orleans (Robert Morton 4/26)
Henrietta Kamern
Loew's Rio Theatre, New York City (Möller 3/32)
Frederick Kinsley
Hippodrome, New York City (Midmer-Losh 3/?)
Sigmund Krumgold
Trinity Church Studio, Camden, New Jersey (Estey 3/21)
Elbert Lachelle
San Francisco Mutual Station (? ?/?)
Ann Leaf
Paramount Studio, New York City (Wurlitzer 4/21)
Richard (Dick) Leibert
Radio City Music Hall Broadcasting Studio (Wurlitzer 3/14)
Stanleigh Malotte
WAPI Studio, Birmingham, Alabama (Kimball 3/8)
Marsh McCurdy
Loew's Lexington, New York City (Möller 3/28)
Don Miller
Fisher Theatre, Detroit (Wurlitzer 4/34)
Howard Peterson
Arcada Theatre, St Charles, Illinois (Geneva 3/16)
Norton H Payne
Capitol, Montreal, Canada (Warren 4/28)
Harold Reider
Tivoli Theatre, Newark, New Jersey (Wurlitzer 3/17)
Edwin Sawtelle
Waikiki Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii (Robert Morton 4/16)
Gordon Seaman
Roxy Theatre, New York City (Kimball 5/34)
Medley (recorded during an intermission - the only known recording of the main Roxy organ)
Arsene Siegel
Emil Velazco
Velazco Studio New York (Kimball 3/5-6?)
Welte-Mignon Studio, New York City (Welte 3/38)
Hermann Voss
WGN Studio, Chicago (Wurlitzer 3/10)
Thomas ("Fats") Waller
Trinity Church Studio, Camden, New Jersey (Estey 3/21)
Lew White
Lobby Organ, Roxy Theatre, New York City (Kimball 3/14)
Studio Organ, Roxy Theatre, New York City (Kimball 2/9)
Paramount Studio, New York City (Wurlitzer 4/21)
George Wright
Grant Union High School, Sacramento (Hybrid 4/22) 1941
?Fox Theatre, San Francisco (Wurlitzer 4/36) c.1942
Unknown Studio organs, San Francisco c.1942
Paramount Theatre, New York City (Wurlitzer 4/36) - recordings for Muzac c.1948
Ken Wright
WKY Studio, Oklahoma City (Kilgen 4/14)
Erwin Yeo
?Paramount Film Studios, Hollywood (Wurlitzer 3/18)
Player Organs (machine-cut rolls)