Scarce /Vic Hammett at the Moorabbin Wurlitzer - OZ 1972 LP Fable Label
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Scarce - Vic Hammett
at the Moorabbin Wurlitzer
"The Mood I'm In"
Wurlitzer Performance at the ,
Moorabbin Town Hall
(aka) Kingston City Hall
LP Record*
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Vic Hammett The Mood I'm In [Fable LP] FBSA 015 - Stereo 1972 Wurlitzer, Moorabbin Town Hall, Australia; ex State Theatre, Melbourne, VictoriaThe installation of the four-manual, twenty-one rank, Wurlitzer organ from Melbourne's State Theatre in the new Town Hall at Moorabbin is the result of a successful collaborative relationship between Moorabbin City Council,
the owner of the instrument, and the Victorian Division of the Theatre Organ Society of Australia, who undertook to install and maintain it. Theatre organist Gordon Hamilton, who purchased the organ from the State Theatre in 1963, indicated in 1967 that he would consider selling it to a buyer who could ensure that it would be installed in an environment which would match its potential. In 1968, the City of Moorabbin purchased the instrument, on the understanding that TOSA would install and maintain it in the Town Hall, which was then under construction. [Official Opening Programme, Moorabbin Town Hall Organ, 29 April, 1970] Although the chambers were not yet constructed, the large relay units were the first part of the organ to be set up in the Town Hall on 8 September, 1968. A month later, the largest five diaphone pipes were placed in their position backstage so that the chambers could be constructed in front of them. The largest of these huge pipes weighs almost half a ton, and is 32' 8" high, its top being 2' 8" square. As more of the bulkier parts of the organ were installed, the chambers were built around them. [Official Opening Programme, Moorabbin Town Hall Organ, 29 April, 1970, p. 10] On 6 July, 1969, by which time most of the pipes and the console had been installed, the organ was heard for the first time, and from then on the instrument began to find its voice.
The grand opening of the organ took place on Wednesday 29 April, 1970, with American organist Lyn Larsen, whose extended seasons as guest organist at the Dendy, Middle Brighton, over the past three years had won him an appreciateive following in Melbourne. The Mayor's short address included the information that the total cost to the City of the purchase and installation of the magnificent organ had been $21,374. The President of TOSA (Vic) Alastair Pritchard acknowledged the vast amount of voluntary work which had been devoted to the project by forty-two members under the dedicated leadership of Julien Arnold.
Scarce & Collectable Vinyl..................................................................................................
The condition of the record is Very Good Plus (VG+) with minor markings
The condition of the sleeve is very good with minor markings
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