Wurlitzer organ model 4150a manual#

But certain basic concepts were constant, and present in this very first distributed model. Over the next 33 years, the вЂњWurlitzer Electronic PianoвЂќ would go through any number of radical design changes. Piano sits on a table with wrought-iron legs. The lead treble sustain brick of later 1950s models is not found here, though other smaller weights are attached at various spots. The handle is also on the back, so the keys point down when carried as a suitcase.вЂќ An вЂњauxiliary pedalвЂќ mentioned only in action-removing instructions of manual, is seemingly an afterthought (p.8) Some pix, not all, showing a right-side hole where it would go. вЂњThe 110 slides out of the case for servicing, as the top is fixed.

Wurlitzer organ model 4150a manual#

If this link is working, it is a compilation from that historic session:ДЄ manual exists, slightly less rare than the keyboard, as they continued using it, inappropriately, for the 111. By 1964, Ellington appeared in an ad promoting Wurlitzer standard pianos, and the the company may have encouraged this earlier session prior to the instruments being available on the general market. Whether he bought it, was gifted or lent it, or whether it resided at the studio, is unknown. Tracks included вЂњCoquetteвЂќ, вЂњDiscontented BluesвЂќ, вЂњOnce In A Blue MoodвЂќ, вЂњLady Be Good,вЂќ and вЂњSo Long.вЂќ (The session can be found in its entirety on the out-of-print Mosiac collection вЂњComplete Capitol Recordings Of Duke EllingtonвЂќ, and boy would I love a copy.) I presume this was a 110. This is the earliest recording session featuring a Wurlitzer that I have been able to find. Given that Fred has supplied me with evidence of a Model 111 sold on July 25, 1955, I suspect that the 110вЂ™s and 111вЂ™s were sent to stores at roughly the same time.Дuke Ellington and his jazz orchestra recorded on a Wurlitzer Electric Piano on May 18 and 19, 1955, for Capitol Records, at Universal Studios in Chicago (a very obscure session, and IвЂ™m not sure the Wurlitzer tracks were released at the time). At least one has the date stamp вЂњ1254вЂќ on the side of the lowest key, which we interpret to mean вЂњDecember 1954.вЂќ As described further down the page, I have reason to believe that no Wurlitzer was sold in a store prior to June 1955 - at the very least, I can find no advertising for them prior to that date. In color, above: A Model 110 restored by Fred DiLione and Jonathan Gusoff (original link here).