Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co.
Opus 2077, ca. 1929

Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church

905 National Road
Wheeling, WV, US

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Instrument ID: 69618 ● Builder ID: 5445 ● Location ID: 33985
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Builder: Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co.
Position: Unknown
Design: Horseshoe
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)14 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Charles Eberline on September 17th, 2023:

From David L. Junchen, The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ: An Illustrated History, compiled and edited by Jeff Weiler (n.p.: American Theatre Organ Society, 2005), 696:

Opus: 2077
City/State: Wheeling, WV
Location: Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church
Style: Sp 3m
Size: 3/14
Date: 10/29/29
Blower: [Spencer Orgoblo] 23496
Horsepower: 7½
Wind pressure: 8"
Remarks: With 8' Keraulophone.

Classified ad, The Diapason, January 1965, 51:

FOR SALE — WURLITZER ORGAN AND
console. 35 years old. Write or wire Vance
Memorial Presbyterian Church, 905 National
Rd., Wheeling, W. Va. 26003

The ad was repeated in the February 1965 Diapason, 47, with a period added after the zip code.
It did not appear in the December 1964 and March 1965 issues.

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