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He also used a system of unification, which multiplied considerably the number of stops relative to the number of ranks.īetween 18 his company employed 112 workers at its peak, producing 246 organs. Hope-Jones organs were also noted for such innovations as stoptabs instead of drawknobs and very high wind pressures of 10″ – 50″ to imitate orchestral instruments. The Tibia eventually became a staple of theater organs.

That the console should be detachable from the organ.Īmong his sound innovations were a kind of electro-pneumatic action, the Diaphone and the modern Tibia Clausa with its strong 8′ flute tone.

That a pipe organ should be able to imitate the instruments of an orchestra.

Hope-Jones concept was based on two principles: It was marketed as " The Mighty Wurlitzer".Įnglishman Robert Hope-Jones, considered the inventor of the theatre organ, had developed a concept of the organ as a "one man orchestra" to accompany silent movies. Perhaps the most famous instruments Wurlitzer built were its pipe organs (from 1914 until around 1940), which were installed in theatres, homes, churches, and other public places.

Theatre OrgansSee also: Robert Hope-Jones and Wurlitzers in the United Kingdom