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Music Hall - 2/4 Wurlitzer, Style 135
Nevada City, Montana
1580 MT-287
Organ installation timeframe: 1954 - present
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Entrance to the Music Hall
Nevada City is a town made from abandoned buildings all around the State of Montana.
The Music Hall Wurlitzer is 2/4 Style 135 originally installed 1919 in the Hartwig Theatre, Dillon Montana. In 1954, the instrument was moved to Virginia City-Nevada City by collector Charles Bovey. In addition to the Wurlitzer, the Music Hall has several orchestrions and band organs, as well as one by Dolle, a biggee by Mortier, a Gavioli fairgound organ, and a Mason & Risch Vocalion.
The Wurlitzer's Glockenspiel (top) and Xylophone
Wurlitzer photos, courtesy Jim Stettner 1998.
The Wurlitzer online opus list and OHS Pipe Organ Database make mention of a Dillon church receiving the organ from the theatre, but the following article appearing in the The Dillon Tribune describes the organ being removed in 1954 and going directly to Virginia City-Nevada City.
The Dillon Tribune December 30, 1954
In 1975, an LP recording was made of various instruments in the Bovey collection. "The Bovey Restoration of Montana Presents The Marvelous Music Machines of Virginia & Nevada Cities Montana." Vinyl LP Kessler Sound Recording Service KM 4781, Stereo Original recording.
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