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Tuning a Wurlitzer Band Organ
By Dale Gunnar 

Further to my earlier comment, my Wurlitzer 145 organ had been dropped.
Wurlitzer's successor, Ralph Tussing, built a new case and tuned it
just before he died, so I suppose the tuning was as original.

In 1977 I had the organ in a TV studio for live music spots.  A pianist
there attempted to accompany my organ but gave up, saying he couldn't
play "in the cracks, between my keys".  So I'm sure the organ was tuned
about a half-step flat.

Dale Gunnar

(Message sent Fri 4 Nov 2005, 14:31:05 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Band, Organ, Tuning, Wurlitzer
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