I received the following message.  Could someone please help these
people?  Respond directly to the sender, not to me.  Thanks.

Joyce Brite
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~brite/

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 From: KFlash4181@aol.com (Stephen and Monique Smith)
 To: brite@ksu.edu
 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:06:11 -0500 (EST)

 Subject: Wurlitzer

Help!  Hi, We live in Sarasota, FL and acquired this organ from a woman
dragging it to the curb.  We are musicians but not pianists.  It has two
keyboards, 2 very cool spinners behind the speakers, 117 v 50-60 cycles
225 w, reverb & spectra tone chorus & vibrato couplers, 8 pedals + 5
(1/2-tone) pedals, bourdon & diapason included with the 39 total switches.

It is Wurlitzer Model 4100B, serial number 701221, with about 36 small
vacuum tubes and 2 large tubes.  One heavy piece.

We cannot bear to put it to the curb (we are moving), which would be like
busting a Gretsch New Yorker.  However, we cannot afford to repair it nor
do we know how much it might cost, being as the tubes and electronics look
shot.

Do you know if it could be worth anything since it is a more recent
model?  Would anyone perhaps need the parts?  Any advice?

Sincerely,

Stephen and Monique Smith
1009 Longfellow Court, Sarasota, FL 34243
Phone: 941-751-2982
email: kflash4181@aol.com

 [ Editor's note:
 [
 [ Fans of mechanical music are often asked for advice on related
 [ musical instruments, like, "What is my old piano/accordion/organ
 [ worth?"
 [
 [ What can we answer?  Does the neighborhood music store offer
 [ reliable advice?  Will a newspaper advert bring any results?
 [ How about the weekend flea market?  Does anyone collect old
 [ electronic organs?  When did vacuum tubes in organs disappear?
 [
 [ The only old electronic organ I know of with any value is the
 [ is Hammond B3 with Leslie speaker.  This 1950s combination still
 [ brings $2000 and up in the Los Angeles region.  All other old
 [ electronic organs seem to be regarded as disposable throw-away
 [ instruments, since the cost of repair greatly exceeds the market
 [ value (as with most old player pianos, unfortunately!).
 [
 [ Robbie Rhodes