Jeff Weiler (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very good. 2006. 8.5 x 11 inches with interesting articles and photos on theatre organs. Each issue covers 2 months.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New Will ship in abox. 774 pages in large format, very heavily illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, mechical drawings, full size photos of instruments, players, concert halls, documents, flow charts, tables, engineering data. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: 1856 - 1909, Robert Hope-Jones in England, H-J invades the new world, 1910-1914: Wurlitzer buys Hope-Jones, 1915 - 1919: The mighty Wurlitzer comes of age, The roaring twenties, The golden years, Wurlitzer in England, church organs, 1933 - 1990: Denouement, Factory tour, Tech info, Opus list, Blowers, Wiring schedules, three appendices. This is #1289 (stamped at cover), one of 2,234 copies of the First Limited Edition; 2,234 being the number of Wurlitzer pipe organs produced.

Oversize Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Book is in excellent condition, binding is very slightly cocked as the only flaw, otherwise as new in brown cloth HB covers, gilt print at cover and spine; Very clean. 774 pages in large format, very heavily illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, mechical drawings, full size photos of instruments, players, concert halls, documents, flow charts, tables, engineering data. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: 1856 - 1909, Robert Hope-Jones in England, H-J invades the new world, 1910-1914: Wurlitzer buys Hope-Jones, 1915 - 1919: The mighty Wurlitzer comes of age, The roaring twenties, The golden years, Wurlitzer in England, church organs, 1933 - 1990: Denouement, Factory tour, Tech info, Opus list, Blowers, Wiring schedules, three appendices. This is #570 (stamped at cover), one of 2,234 copies of the First Limited Edition; 2,234 being the number of Wurlitzer pipe organs produced. The author, Jeff Weiler, died before this book was completed, which was to be the third and final volume of his popular trilogy, The Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ. The book would be devoted entirely to pipe organs built between 1910 and 1943 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company of North Tonawanda, New York. The original transcript captions, footnotes, and annotated opus list - all painstakingly crafter - had been carefully organized and filed. In addition, thousands of illustrations had been reviewed, selected and cataloged. Had Junchen been any less fastidious in documenting the project, reconstruction of this book would not have been possible. This illustrated history documents the Wurlitzer pipe organs built between 1910 and 1943 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company of North Tonawanda, featuring over 1,000 images, factory records, archival documents, and a comprehensive opus list chronicling the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organs designed by Robert Hope-Jones to accompany silent films in movie palaces. Keywords: Silent Film Era, Movie Palaces, North Tonawanda, Robert Hope Jones, Unit Orchestra, Factory Records, Jesse Crawford, Theatre Organ, Mighty Wurlitzer, Opus List, Archival Documents, Stop Lists 2.