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Bring me sunshine - Burton-upon-Trent Town Hall (Wurlitzer organ)

#organ #wurlitzerorgan #cinemaorgan Me playing the organ at Burton-upon-Trent town hall. The following information about the history of the organ is taken from the Cinema Organ Society website: The organ started its life in 1925 at the Cameo Theatre, Cleveland, USA as job number 1165. It originally had 2 manuals and 8 ranks of pipes. Following a fire in the early 1930s, which damaged the console, it was repossessed by the Wurlitzer company and shipped to the UK where a new 3 manual console was added. It was then installed at the Forum Cinema, Wythenshawe, Manchester and was opened on 10th July 1934. The organ remained in the cinema until 1972 when the Burton Corporation acquired it for installation at the Town Hall. Here it replaced an earlier straight concert organ that was built by Kirkland in 1880. The late John Bee gave the opening concert on Easter Monday 1973 and the organ has been regularly used since then for concerts, dances and civic functions as well as for private practice. The original 8 ranks were Tibia Clausa, Flute, Violin, Violin Celeste, Diapason, Tuba Horn, Clarinet and Vox Humana. In 1984 the clarinet rank was exchanged for a Conacher Trumpet rank in order to give the organ more “bite”. In recent years the whole organ has been re-leathered and a new solid-state relay system has replaced the original Wurlitzer pneumatic relays. “Blackpool” style couplers were also added at that time. It is the only surviving 3/8 Model F Wurlitzer in the UK which has a fully unified third manual with its own stops, as opposed to a coupler manual. Local organ builder Michael Thompson looks after the instrument and has carried out the recent refurbishment. The specification reads: PEDAL Ophicleide 16; Diaphone 16' Bourdon 16' Tuba Horn 8' Trumpet 8' Diaphonic Diapason 8' Tibia Clausa 8' Cello 8' Flute 8' Bass Drum Kettle Drum Crash Cymbal Cymbal Great Octave to Pedal ACCOMPANIMENT Contra Viol 16' Bourdon 16' Vox Humana 16' Tuba Horn 8' Trumpet 8' Diaphonic Diapason 8' Tibia Clausa 8' Violin 8' Violin Celeste 8' Flute 8' Vox Humana 8' Octave 4' Piccolo 4' Viol 4' Octave Celeste 4' Flute 4' Vox Humana 4' Twelfth 2.2/3' Piccolo 2' Chrysoglott Snare Drum Tambourine Castanets Chinese Block Tom Tom Octave GREAT Ophicleide 16' Diaphone 16' Contra Viol 16' Bourdon 16' Vox Humana 16' Tuba Horn 8' Trumpet 8' Diaphonic Diapason 8' Tibia Clausa 8' Violin 8' Violin Celeste 8' Flute 8' Vox Humana 8' Clarion 4' Octave 4' Piccolo 4' Viol 4' Octave Celeste 4' Flute 4' Twelfth (Tibia) 2.2/3 Twelfth 2.2/3' Piccolo (Tibia) 2' Fifteenth 2' Piccolo 2' Tierce 1.3/5' Cathedral Chimes Sleigh Bells Xylophone (re-it) Glockenspiel Chrysoglott SOLO Diaphone 16' Contra Viol 16' Tuba Horn 8' Trumpet 8' Diaphonic Diapason 8' Tibia Clausa 8' Violin 8' Violin Celeste 8' Clarion 4' Octave 4' Piccolo 4' Cathedral Chimes Xylophone (tap) Xylophone (re-it) Glockenspiel Great to Solo Sub Great to Solo Unison Great to Solo Octave Great to Solo Tierce Great to Solo Quint ACCOMPANIMENT SECOND TOUCH Tuba Horn 8' Trumpet 8' Octave Great to Accompaniment Great Octave to Accompaniment Cathedral Chimes Xylophone (re-it) Triangle Tambourine Slap GREAT SECOND TOUCH Tibia Clausa 16' Solo to Great Solo Octave to Great TREMULANTS Main Solo Vox Humana Tuba GENERAL Vibraphone (on Chrysoglott) Chrysoglott Dampers PIANO Pedal 16' Pedal 8' Accompaniment 8' Accompaniment 4' Great 16' Great 8' Great 4' EFFECTS (on stopkeys) Surf Horses Hooves Fire Gong Bird Whistle EFFECTS (on toe pistons) Steamboat Whistle Fire Gong Auto Horn Horses Hooves Surf Siren EFFECTS (push buttons) Telephone Bell Crash Cymbal SFORZANDO PEDALS Drum Roll-Grand Crash Full Organ ACCESSORIES 10 thumb pistons to Accompaniment 10 thumb pistons to Great 5 thumb pistons to Solo 3 toe pistons to Pedal 1 balanced expression pedal - main chamber 1 balanced expression pedal - solo chamber Pedal Traps on second touch switch "Bring Me Sunshine" is a song written in 1966 by the composer Arthur Kent, with lyrics by Sylvia Dee. It was first recorded by The Mills Brothers in 1968, on their album 'My Shy Violet'. In the UK, the song is associated with the popular comedy duo Morecambe & Wise, after it was adopted as their signature tune in their second series for the BBC in 1969. Many thanks to the town hall officials for allowing me access to this wonderful Wurlitzer organ. Being able to get access to a cinema organ in the UK is not easy sadly but East Staffordshire Borough Council have made this fine organ available to players at very reasonable rates.