String Chamber Photos
This page takes you on a tour of String Chamber for the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ as installed at the Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama.
The orange cone is used as a (moving) reference point to help the viewer see the relationships amongst the pictures as the camer is moved through a chamber.
The view from the entrance into the String Chamber showing the String Tremulant in the foreground, the five original and two additional string ranks in the middle of the picture, and the Orchestral Chimes, Vibraphone, and Chinese Gong at the top-right. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Advancing into the chamber a few feet, the five original and two additional string ranks are in the center of the picture. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
The original five rank chest at the swell shades (Dulciana, Gamba, Viol d'Orchestre, Viol Celeste, and Vox Humana) and the added two ranks (Unda Maris and Gamba Celeste). [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
8' Gamba offset pipes. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
The original five rank chest at the swell shades (Dulciana, Gamba, Viol d'Orchestre, Viol Celeste, and Vox Humana) and the added two ranks (Unda Maris and Gamba Celeste). [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Ladder to the upper level of the String Chamber, showing the Vibraphone, Chinese gong, and wood 16' Violone (horizontal). [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Upper level of the String Chamber showing the Orchestral Chimes, Vibraphone, Chinese Gong, 16' Violone, and Chrysoglott. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Standing at the ladder on the upper level, looking back at the silver-colored steel entrance door, and the mitered 8' Unda Maris offset. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Chinese Gong roll and crash. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Chrysoglott. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
F# thru B of 16' Violone (and Chrysoglott on the right). [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Vibraphone. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Looking over and down from the upper level of the String Chamber showing the original five rank chest at the swell shades (Dulciana, Gamba, Viol dÃOrchestra, Viol Celeste, and Vox Humana) and the added two ranks (Unda Maris and Gamba Celeste). [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
16' Violone (Austin), and the Vibraphone and Orchestral Chimes on the right. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Large scale (2-1/4") Orchestral Chimes cantilevered over the edge of the upper String Chamber ledge. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Large scale (2-1/4") Orchestral Chimes. Notice the deep curve of the ceiling plaster instead of a square corner in the front of the String Chamber which helps the upper frequencies. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
Orchestral chimes. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
String Chamber original five rank chest (Dulciana, Gamba, Viol d'Orchestre, Viol Celeste, and Vox Humana) with the chamber heater and Orchestral Chimes in the background. [PhotoCredit: Sabrina Summers]
This concludes our picture tour of the String Chamber at the Alabama Theatre.
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