
Wurlitzer Style 153 Photos by Dave Binder
This month we feature a beautiful Wurlitzer style 153 band organ organ.
The organ located on the 1926 Dentzel carousel at Kennywood Park in West
Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
Wurlitzer advertised this style organ as a STYLE No.153 -- DUPLEX
ORCHESTRAL ORGAN for Three-Abreast Carouselles and Open-Air Dance Pavilions.

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The organ has 54 keys and is equipped with Duplex long roll Tracker
Frames, Oak Veneered Case, natural finish, fancy white enameled front,
hand-carved scroll work decorated in gold leaf and colors. Raised
panels decorated with landscapes and flowered designs.
Instrumentation includes:
BASSES - 3 Wooden Trombones; 3 eight-foot Stopped
Diapason Pipes; 3 four-foot open Diapason Pipes;
3 two-foot Stopped Diapason Pipes.
ACCOMPANIMENT- 9 stopped Flute Pipes; 18 Violin
Pipes.
MELODY - 16 Stopped Flute; 16 Octave Violin;
15 Wooden Trumpets; 15 Cello Pipes; 32 Violin;
16 Open Flute; 15 Stopped Pipes; 16 Bell Bars.
TRAP - Bass Drum; Snare Drum and Cymbal.
AUTOMATIC STOPS - 1 for Octave Violin; 1 for Open
Flute; 1 for Cello Pipes; 1 for Stopped Pipes; 1 for
Bell Bars; 1 for Swell Shutters.
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