17 year old Donnie Rankin plays "We'll Meet Again" on the 4/32 Forker Memorial Wurlitzer in Sarasota Florida.
Sorry about the watermark from the software uglying up the video...
Donnie Rankin plays "El Relicario" on the Doug Powers' residence 3/42 Walker. This Walker is controlled by a real Wurlitzer console, opus 1659, which was once played by Jesse Crawford while installed at Chicago's WENR radio studio.
El Relicario was written by Jose Padilla.
Donnie Rankin plays "A Wonderful Day Like Today" on the Doug Powers' residence 3/42 Walker. This Walker is controlled by a real Wurlitzer console, opus 1659, which was once played by Jesse Crawford while installed at Chicago's WENR radio studio.
This song comes from Anthony Newley's musical The Roar of the Grease Paint - The Smell of the Crowd.
Donnie Rankin plays "The Stripper" on the Doug Powers' residence 3/42 Walker. This Walker is controlled by a real Wurlitzer console, opus 1659, which was once played by Jesse Crawford while installed at Chicago's WENR radio studio.
What can be more suggestive than crash cymbals and pedal kinuras??
What I say is the greatest automated musical instrument ever built... But who am I. Decide for yourself! Pretty amazing sound for a turn of the century instrument that plays from a paper roll.