compiled by Robbie Rhodes

file: W125spec COMPILER: Robbie Rhodes, July 2001 DATA SOURCE: Wurlitzer catalog, Dana Johnson, Matthew Caulfield BUILDER: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. STYLE: Style No. 125 Rink or Carouselle Organ POWER: Electric motor MUSIC: Wurlitzer Style 125 music roll DESCRIPTION: Case: Dimensions: Weight, packed for shipment: TOTAL PIPES: 103 PLAYER SYSTEM: medium: punched paper roll transport: paper is pulled by take-up spool, at constant revolutions per minute frame: typically Wurlitzer Long Roll Tracker Frame (10-tune roll) initial paper speed: typical 8.3 feet per minute, adjustable reader: pneumatic, suction, rectangular hole, hole height = ? width of paper: 6.00 inches take-up spool diameter: 3.0 inches supply spool core: 2.00 inches inside diam., 2.25 inches outside diam. channel spacing: per Mike Kitner: 0.1227 inch per key (20 inches per 163 keys) symmetrical about centerline. total quantity of possible channels: 47 total quantity of active channels: 45 divisions and quantity of channels in division: Division 5 chan bass 9 chan accompaniment 14 chan melody 13 chan trumpet 2 keys percussion 2 chan controls (rewind & shutoff) --- 45 chan total TRACKER BAR channel assignments: chan name 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# -- out of order! 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 PITCH TRANSPOSED: originally not, but later production is transposing DESCRIPTION OF RANKS, percussion and controls/stops: division name, quantity of keys & total quantity of pipes in division quantity of pipes in the rank, range of rank rank name, range [..], true sound pitch of longest pipe in the rank air column length of longest pipe BASS (BASS) div, 5 keys (span: 43G1 - 53F2) 10 pipes-- 5 8' stopped flute (Bourdon) 5 8' open flute (Cello) 5 8' open reed (Wood Trombone) ACCOMPANIMENT (ACC) div, 9 keys (span: 55G2 - 66F#3) 18 pipes -- 9 8' stopped flute (Bourdon) 9 8' open flute (Cello)
MELODY (MEL) div, 14 keys (span: 67G3 - 894C5) 62 pipes -- 14 8' stopped flute (Bourdon) 14 8' open flute (Violin) 6 8' stopped flute (helping the high Violins) 14 4' harmonic flute (Flageolet) 14 4' stopped flute (Brass Piccolo) TRUMPET (TRPT) div, 13 keys (span: 64E3 - 79G4) 13 pipes -- 13 8' open reed (Brass Trumpet)
PERCUSSION (PER), 2 keys bass drum & cymbal (#44) snare drum, reiterating (#2) CONTROLS (CTL), 2 keys rewind (#45) (appears only at the end of roll) shutoff (coin trip) (#1) (optional motor shut-off, after each song) TIME DELAYS Bass drum: delay = 85 millisecond (msec) from key "on", duration 106 msec typ. Snare drum: delay = 37 msec from key "on", charging duration 50 msec typical.
4 July 2001, 16 September 2009