ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
From: Carlton Smith, December 2004
When the CATO people (i.e. Bill Reiger & members) went into the Oriental back in the early 1960s
the console lid and front plates had been completely stripped of ornament.
The side had thin plywood attached over the ornament and murals.
At that time new ornament was applied to those areas and an artist was acquired to paint a design on the lid.
So that explains the differences between the 1926 photos and the 1970/present day photos of the Oriental console.
This information concerning the Oriental console comes to me from Joseph Ducibella who was there and part of the 1960s group.
From: Terry Kleven, June 2012
Well...we bought another one....Opus 1262 from the Oriental Theatre in Chicago.
CATOE kept the Console and the Tuba Mirabilis to add to the organ at the seminary at Mundelein, Illinois.
We made a trip to Chicago with a big truck and removed the soggy remains of the once fabulous Oriental Theatre Wurlitzer.
We did get the tuba horn, clarinet, flute, diaphonic diapason, both tibias, quintadena, both voxes, solo string.
The added English horn and toy counter is still on loan to the Aragon Ballroom Wurlitzer.
We did get almost all of the mechanicals: manual chests, offsets, percussions, shades, regulators, and tremolos.
If I live long enough...100+++...I'd love to rebuild it and reinstall it for all to hear and play.