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1950s

This should be noted as 27 ranks, and not 26 ranks. The 1966 article used as the basis for this entry, written for Theatre Organ Journal by Stu Green, omitted the Robert-Morton (R-M) Trumpet stop in the Main chamber. The omission carried over into this entry. The R-M Trumpet stop is plainly heard in Buddy Cole's demonstration recording of the instrument where he contrasts the R-M Trumpet stop against the Wurlitzer Brass Trumpet stop, proving the existence of the R-M Trumpet stop, and also on the printed stop-tab list which has the R-M Trumpet tab on the console available on the back-rail above the Solo manual. Cole's design for this instrument was centered around creating stereophonic recordings, combining 15 ranks of Wurlitzer pipework with additional R-M ranks from his previous studio installation. To enhance the stereophonic effect. the Wurlitzer stops in the "Main" chamber had the related R-M additions from the R-M "Solo" chamber, and the Wurlitzer "Solo" chamber had the related R-M additions from the R-M "Main" chamber. This would minimize a potential issue of similar stops "cancelling each other out", and also to "draw" sounds from one chamber to the other chamber. This was meant to work in a similar manner across split speaker locations when recordings of this organ were played back on stereo systems. As examples, the Wurlitzer Concert Flute in the main chamber was matched by the R-M version in the Solo chamber, as were the two Trumpet stops, the Wurlitzer Viol d' Orchestra and Celeste against the R-M Violin and Celeste, the Wurlitzer Diaphonic Diapason in the Main chamber balanced against the R-M Diaphonic Diapason in the Solo Chamber, the Wurlitzer Tibia Clausa in the Solo Chamber against the largish-scale R-M Tibia Clausa in the Main Chamber, with the three Vox Humana stops split between the two chambers. (Buddy Cole had an extensive background in recording and broadcast technology and techniques compared with most organists owing, to his primary vocation as a studio musician and accompanist working on a continual basis in the recording industry.)

Organ combines 3/17 Wurlitzer (1927, Opus 1731) from the United Artists Theatre in Los Angeles, and nine ranks from a Robert Morton organ that had been in a radio station. Following Buddy Cole's death in November 1964, the organ was "shipped East"; it was later moved to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, England, and expanded to 36 ranks.