Theatre Pipe Organs And Me

Wurlitzer 235 Opus 493 1921 Console Virtual Theatre Pipe Organ

Constructing My Virtual Theatre Pipe Organ
 

Wurlitzer 235 3/11 Opus 493
Hope - Jones Unit Orchestra
History and Restoration

Wurlitzer 235 3/11 Opus 493 Console Coming to Temora, NSW Australia

Wurlitzer 235 Opus 493 Reassembly and Installation
I bought the organ from Joel Martis November 2021 and set about organizing pick up. Joel very kindly split the instrument into it's various parts ready for shipping and wrote a comprehensive manual on how to put all the wiring back together when it arrives.

After it is picked up from Joel it will be placed into Protective Vapour Barrier Packaging then into crates. It will then be transported to our shipping agent in Chicago and then shipped to Long Beach L.A. to be placed in a container for the journey across the pond.

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The organ is split into its various pieces ready to ship to be placed into Protective Vapour Barrier Packaging then into crates.

Pick Up Day 3 December 2021
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Craters And Freighters from Plainfield in Chicago Load the Wurlitzer to take to their warehouse for packing into crates

Crated 17 December 2021
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Keyboard Keyboard Pedal board Bench
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Keyboard, Pedal board, Bench Console Top Console Top Console Top
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  Keyboard, Pedal board, Bench Console bottom, back boards, music rest and spare parts  

Delivered to  Pinpoint Global Logistics 23 December 2021

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Ready be freighted to L.A. for packing into a container for the voyage across the pond to Australia.

Set Sail 15 Feb 2022 from Long Beach L.A.
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ANL Warrnambool

ANL Warrnambool

Outside Port 8th Feb

Docked 12th Feb
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Docked 12th Feb

Leaving Port 15th Feb

Leaving Port 15th Feb

Going to Sea 15th Feb

Tracking for Auckland New Zealand
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At Sea 24th Feb

At Sea 25th Feb

At Sea 1st March

New Zealand 3rd March
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New Zealand 7th March

Auckland 7th March

Auckland 7th March

  

Tracking for Sydney Australia
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Set Sail 9th March

Outside Sydney 11th March

Sydney 12th March

Docked 12th March
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Docked 12th March

Trip 8th Feb to 12th March

  

Pickup Sydney to Temora
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Pick up 26th March ANJ Container Services Banksmeadow

Home 420km trip

Boxes on trailer

Boxes on trailer

Weight

Box 1
73”x49”x35” 261 lbs
Box 2
65”x46”x56” 543 lbs
Box 3
74”x51”x53” 675 lbs
Total  1,479 lbs 671 kg

Trip Total

10,520 miles
16,930 Km
From
Joliet, Illinois, USA
to Temora AU

Trip Time Total

113 Days
or
3 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
or
16 Weeks, 1 Day
 

Unpacking
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Removing creates from trailer

Unpacking Keyboard, Pedal board and Bench

Unpacking console top

Unpacking console base
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Unpacking console base

Keyboard

Console top back

Pedal board

 

 

 

 

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