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Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co. (Opus 1242, 1931)

Originally Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co. (Opus 1242, 1926)

Location:

St. Clare of Assisi Roman Catholic Church (now St. Peter's Maronite Catholic Church)
166 Tecumseh Road West
Windsor, ON N8X 1E9 CA
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 69906

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on December 29, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • 7 ranks. 2 manuals. 7 stops.
Sanctuary; rear gallery:
  • Built by Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 7
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Ian Mason on December 28, 2021.
Jim Stettner on December 29, 2021:

Updated through onlne information from Ian Mason. -- With assistance from Ron Dossenbach, organist and organbuilder of Windsor, Ontario, I was able to determine that the Wurlitzer organ Opus 1242 had nothing to do with the Wurlitzer organ installed in the Knickerbocker Theatre in Detroit, Michigan as stated by Jim Casterson in his article, "The St. Clare's Church Wurlitzer". https://journals.shareok.org/theatreorgan/issue/view/127 (pgs. 21-26). Instead, Wurlitzer Opus 1242 Style E was originally installed in the Van Croix Theatre of Titusville, Florida in 1926. This is documented in the Theatreorgans.com database.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on December 29, 2021.
Ian Mason on December 28, 2021:

The organ was re-possessed by the company from a movie theatre (reputedly the Knickerbocker Theatre in Detroit, Michigan) and was sold to and installed by the Wurlitzer Co. in St. Clare of Assisi Roman Catholic Church of Windsor, Ontario. This is documented in the article by Jim Casterson entitled, "The St. Clare's Church Wurlitzer," in "Theatre Organ," July-August 1984, pgs. 21-26.

We received the most recent update for this note from Ian Mason on December 28, 2021.
Periodical article: Open In New Tab Jim Casterson. "The St. Clare's Church Wurlitzer," in "Theatre Organ," July-August 1984, pgs. 21-26. Originally published 1984
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Ian Mason on December 28, 2021.

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