New Hope 3/23 Wurlitzer Hybrid

Experience the sound of the Theatre Pipe Organ

Private Residence, New Hope, PA

The spectacular home installation of this 3/23 Wurlitzer hybrid theatre organ is in New Hope, PA. Installation was completed in the spring of 2003 in a huge music room with gorgeous cherry flooring and beautiful off white paneling. Twenty-three ranks of pipes were carefully selected based on their tonal quality with many of the major manufacturers represented. A three manual Wurlitzer console was procured from an original 1925 installation in the 3000 seat Diversey Theatre in Chicago. That organ was installed as Wurlitzer opus 987, Style 260SP.

The New Hope organ is so responsive that it feels like you are playing a modern electronic instrument! The organ is controlled by a Uniflex 2000 relay and wind is supplied by a 7HP blower. Everything was restored to “as new” condition, and the organ was tonally finished by Clark Wilson. At the flick of a switch, a section of paneling at the end of the room disappears into the floor revealing the gleaming dark brown Wurlitzer console rolling toward you out of its niche, a la Radio City Music Hall. The chambers, concealed behind off white grille cloth to match the paneling, are positioned high in the ceiling to be opposed to each other, creating a sensation of total sound immersion in the center of the room.

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