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Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, California compiled by Robbie Rhodes
The larger organ is situated adjacent to the carousel. Organ builder
Ed Schmidt, of McFarland, Kansas, says the organ was originally built to
play 90-key Ruth book music. When Harold Perry purchased the organ,
in 1956 or 1957, he had the B.A.B. company convert it to play B.A.B. music
rolls. Russ Doering says they are
On page 230 of his book, Waldkircher Dreh- und Jahrmarkt-Orgeln,
Herbert Jüttemann gives a somewhat circuitous description of a Ruth
Model 37 90-keyless organ, announced in 1901, based on the instrumentation
of the Model 24 (cylinder) organ but with added notes in each division.
The pipe ranks included stopped flutes in Bass and Accompaniment, Violin,
Spitzflute, Trumpet, Bombardon and Mixtur. The organ probably was
furnished originally with a cabinet-style facade and later with a carved
ornamental facade.
The smaller organ standing within the carousel, pictured above, is probably
a North Tonawanda Style 187 or similar that has been fitted with a Wurlitzer
duplex roll player mechanism to play Wurlitzer Style 125 or Style 150 music
rolls. Its cabinet is quite similar to the Style 188 in the illustration
below.
Tilden Regional Park, operated by East Bay Regional Park District, is located in the hills east of El Cerrito and north of Berkeley, California. It is roughly 1 mile wide and 4 miles long (1.6 x 6.4 km) and includes many environmental, historical and recreation activities. Public transportation to the park is provided by Alameda County (AC) Transit (route #67) and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
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