Wurlitzer "Style F Sp"

Factory date: December 22, 1924

In 1964, moved to Leonard Johnson Residence, Hingham, Massachusetts. In 2004, the Johnsons donated the organ to the Strand Theatre, Plattsburg, New York.

With sporadic funding, a volunteer group in Plattsburgh began restoration of the organ in 2005, under the direction of Jonathan Ortloff. A generous gift in 2011 ensured the project-s completion by enabling Spencer Organ Company to complete the restoration and installation. In 2012 the entire organ was transported to the Spencer shop. There, remaining components, including the console and percussions, were restored, and the entire organ was assembled on new framing to suit the Strand-s organ chambers. Installation began in August 2013, and tonal finishing was completed by Clark Wilson and Jonathan Ortloff. (from Spencer Organ Co. website)

Updated through online information from Jonathan Ortloff. -- The previous organ was not smaller, actually much larger.

Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Built in 1924 for the New Colney Theater in Philadelphia, moved to Leonard and Louise Johnson's residence in Massachusetts in 1960; donated to the Strand Theater by the Johnsons in 2006. The organ is still undergoing restoration in the Strand Theater by volunteers under the direction of organist Jonathan Ortloff and organ builder Stephen Russell. The Strand Theater previously had a smaller Wurlitzer, but it was removed in the 1970s. The Strand is being restored as the centerpiece of the North Country Cultural Center for the Arts. (article in "The Press Republican" dated June 10, 2008)