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Wurlitzer 125 and 150 Tracker Bar Assignments
By Jody Kravitz

In digest 95.08.26, Bob Ebert asked about the note assignments for the Wurlitzer 125 and 150 rolls.  Here's some information extracted from Art Reblitz' "Treasures of Mechanical Music". I'm told that Art is unsure when/if it will be reprinted.  Its too bad that this wonderful book is itself a collector's item...

 Jody

 P.S.  I do not have the octave numbers for the notes in question.  If
       this is useful, let me know and I'll find out.

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        Wurlitzer 125 Band Organ Roll

        6" wide: .1227" per space

                5 Bass notes
                9 Accompaniment notes
                14 Melody notes
                13 trumpet notes

        1  Shutoff

        2  Snare Drum

        3  Bass G
        4  Bass C
        5  Bass D
        6  Bass E
        7  Bass F

        8  Accompaniment G
        9  Accompaniment A
       10  Accompaniment B
       11  Accompaniment C
       12  Accompaniment C#
       13  Accompaniment D
       14  Accompaniment E
       15  Accompaniment F
       16  Accompaniment F#

       17  Melody A#
       18  Melody G
       19  Melody A
       20  Melody B
       21  Melody C
       22  Melody C#
       23  Melody D
       24  Melody E
       25  Melody F
       26  Melody F#
       27  Melody G
       28  Melody A
       29  Melody B
       30  Melody C

       31  Trumpet E
       32  Trumpet F
       33  Trumpet F#
       34  Trumpet G
       35  Trumpet A
       36  Trumpet B
       37  Trumpet C
       38  Trumpet C#
       39  Trumpet D
       40  Trumpet E
       41  Trumpet F
       42  Trumpet F#
       43  Trumpet G

       44  Bass Drum
       45  Rewind

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        Wurlitzer 150 Band Organ Roll

        7" wide: .1227" per space

                3 Bass notes
                3 Trombone notes
                9 Accompaniment notes
                16 Melody notes
                15 trumpet notes

        1  Swell Shades open

        2  Bells on

        3  Piccolo and melody violin pipes on

        4  Cancel

        5  Shutoff

        6  Snare Drum

        7  Trombone G
        8  Trombone C
        9  Trombone D

       10  Bass G
       11  Bass C
       12  Bass D

       13  Accompaniment G
       14  Accompaniment A
       15  Accompaniment B
       16  Accompaniment C
       17  Accompaniment D
       18  Accompaniment E
       19  Accompaniment F
       20  Accompaniment F#
       21  Accompaniment G

       22  Melody G
       23  Melody A
       24  Melody B
       25  Melody C
       26  Melody C#
       27  Melody D
       28  Melody E
       29  Melody F
       30  Melody F#
       31  Melody G
       32  Melody A
       33  Melody B
       34  Melody C
       35  Melody C#
       36  Melody D
       37  Melody E

       38 Trumpet C
       39 Trumpet D
       40 Trumpet E
       41 Trumpet F
       42 Trumpet F#
       43 Trumpet G
       44 Trumpet A
       45 Trumpet B
       46 Trumpet C
       47 Trumpet C#
       48 Trumpet D
       49 Trumpet E
       50 Trumpet F
       51 Trumpet F#
       52 Trumpet G

       53 Bass drum and cymbal

       54 Rewind

(Message sent Mon 28 Aug 1995, 04:30:08 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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