English: Wurlitzer organ at Joyland amusement park, with Louie the clown at the keyboard.
The park [Joyland Amusement Park (Wichita, Kansas)] had a Mammoth Military Band Organ, also known as a Wurlitzer Style 160, which was the largest of Wurlitzer’s early models. It was built around 1905 by the DeKleist Musical Instrument Works and was sold by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. It contained 486 wood and brass pipes and used two perforated paper music rolls, producing the effect of a military brass band of 20 to 25 musicians. This particular model was designed primarily for the roller rink industry. In 1915, it was taken back to the Wurlitzer factory and modified into a Wurlitzer Style 165. ...
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