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I
have two and a half Wurlitzer consoles in my garage that are
slowly being restored to playable condition. I started with two
and the idea that one would be used for parts. I then was able to
acquire most of a console shell so it now looks like both consoles will
live to play another day. One of the
consoles is almost certainly a Style 215. This console has led a
hard life.
It appears to
have been pressed into service as a church organ console. It was
heavily modified for that purpose. All of the stop tabs were
replaced as you can see above. The veneer was badly
damaged. I plan to transplant the innerds of this console into
another console shell that is in better condition. Here is
the lower part of that shell after veneer repairs.
The second
console seems to be a Style 3, the predecessor of a Style 185.
After cleaning
off years of grime, the console wood looks fairly good. However
the ivory keys are badly water damaged and some stop tabs are missing. Regretably I
don't know where either console was originally installed. Last
update 6/20/2004
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