The Featured Organ for the month of December is the 3/18 Mighty WurliTzer Theatre Pipe Organ installed at Lake Brantley High School in Orlando, Florida. This instrument, better known as the Don Baker Memorial WurliTzer, is under the care of the Orlando Area Theatre Organ Society (OATOS), a proud chapter of the American Theatre Orga Society.

The Orlando Area Theatre Organ Society currently meets on the third Sunday of each month at 2PM in the Lake Brantley High School Auditorium, with the exception of the summer months.

Visitors are welcome at any of the OATOS's meetings and they will gladly make arrangements for viewing and playing the organ at other times. To find out more, contact:

To see more pictures of the Don Baker Memorial Console and some shots of the pipework, visit the Official OATOS Website.

This console was played by the legendary Don Baker, one of Tom Hoehn's teachers. Today, it is referred to as the Don Baker Memorial WurliTzer.

Here, we see the left bolster of the 3/18 Mighty WurliTzer Theatre Pipe Organ, containing the Pedal stops and some of the Accompaniment stops.

Here, we see the center bolster of the 3/18 Mighty WurliTzer Theatre Pipe Organ, containing the Great stops and fallboard with Second Touch, General and Tremulant stops on the back rail. Note the row of round buttons above the Solo manual that control the many Toys and Percussions.

Here, we see the right bolster of the 3/18 Mighty WurliTzer Theatre Pipe Organ, containing the Solo stops.

Here, we see the stop sweep of the Don Baker Memorial Console. Note the beautiful custom made etched glass WurliTzer music rack, a one-of-a-kind item found only on this console.

The Walnut Hill Mobile Recording Crew paid two visits to Lake Brantley High School and made some recordings of this fine instrument, with Tom Hoehn and the Bone Doctor taking the bench on November 12th and Tom playing a concert for the monthly chapter meeting of the OATOS on November 27th, 2005.

Below, we hear the Bone Doctor playing a few songs he likes to noodle around on. These songs were recorded on November 11th, 2005 during a test session in the days prior to the monthly OATOS chapter meeting featuring the concert Tom played.

1. Blue Danube
   Playing time = 4:11, file size = 3.88MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
2. Michelle, My Belle
   Playing time = 3:10, file size = 2.93MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
3. Norwegian Wood
   Playing time = 2:43, file size = 2.52MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
4. Trust and Obey
   Playing time = 1:28, file size = 1.38MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.

Tom Hoehn, the Bone Doctor and Kimmy took a trip to Orlando Florida to see the 3/18 Mighty WurliTzer Theatre Pipe Organ installed in the auditorium of the Lake Brantley High School.

Tom played a total of nine songs on the 3/18 Mighty WurliTzer while the recorder was running, and these are listed below:

1. Pass Me By
   Playing time = 3:15, file size = 3.01.MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
2. Music Man
   Playing time = 16:42, file size = 15.3MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
3. Just One Of Those Things
   Playing time = 1:18, file size = 1.53MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
4. Toyland
   Playing time = 2:51, file size = 2.64MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
5. Ruby
   Playing time = 3:45, file size = 3.48MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
6. Everything's Coming Up Roses
   Playing time = 2:57, file size = 2.74MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
7. I Get A Kick Out Of You
   Playing time = 1:25, file size = 1.33MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
8. Nola
   Playing time = 2:55, file size = 2.71MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
9. Medley - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Robert E. Lee
   Playing time = 6:11, file size = 5.72MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.

Below we hear Tom Hoehn at the console once again, playing a few medleys of his most requested music during the Orlando Area Theatre Organ Society chapter meeting on Novenber 27th, 2005.

In these recordings, there is a popping noise that is the sound of the Swell Shades clacking due to worn out felt. We could not eliminate the noise from the tracks.

A complete listing of the material in these seven tracks is listed below:

1. Medley - Finian's Rainbow, and opening statements by the officers at the meeting.
   • If This Isn't Love
   • When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love
   • How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
   • Look To The Rainbow
2. Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire
3. Medley - Henry Mancini
   • Moon River
   • Pink Panther
4. Exerpts from Oliver Twist
5. We Need A Little Christmas
6. Medley - Music Man
7. 12th Street Rag Along with closing statements by the officers at the meeting.

1. Medley - Finian's Rainbow
   Playing time = 9:18, file size = 8.58MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
2. Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire
   Playing time = 8:02, file size = 7.42MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
3. Medley - Henry Mancini
   Playing time = 12:33, file size = 11.50MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
4. Exerpts from Oliver Twist
   Playing time = 30:41, file size = 28.20MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
5. We Need A Little Christmas
   Playing time = 11:32, file size = 10.60MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
6. Medley - Music Man
   Playing time = 15:58, file size = 14.70MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.
7. 12th Street Rag
   Playing time = 7:31, file size = 6.94MB, bit rate = 128KB/sec.