#1963 wurlitzer piano value serial number#
#1963 wurlitzer piano value manual#

Only two other Wurlitzer models, both tube-amp wood consoles, will come with a speaker this large: The 720 (1962-3) and the 720A (1963-4) in fact, the later 720AвЂ™s from 1965 used the last of the 1960 production run of speakers intended for this model. (The late 60вЂ™s console models, and on, will have 8вЂі speakers instead.) The printing on the speaker, by the way, is the best way one has of determining the relative date of this instrument, unless thereвЂ™s a piece of masking tape with scribbles on the reed bar.

#1963 wurlitzer piano value manual#

(I would like to add some more photos of these speakersвЂ¦ clearly they changed from year to year.)ДЄs the 120 manual calls the amp the вЂњ600-C,вЂќ the 700 manualвЂ™s amp schematic calls the amp model вЂњ600-3.вЂќ The amps that IвЂ™ve taken note of in a 700вЂ™s seem to have evolving labels: Some say вЂњModel 700,вЂќ (1958) some say вЂњ1200-1вЂќ (circa 1959) and later ones have part number 601200-1 (Sept 1960) there may be some additional variation over the run of these instruments. See the Model 120 page for a brief further discussion of this vagueness. Note: There are important differences in the installation wiring of the amps for 120вЂ™s and 700вЂ™s over time this also partially corresponds to differences in the model number of a given amp. In short, some or all later amps, as shown in the 700 manual, have an extra heating wire running to through octal terminal 5 to power the pilot light, and in model 700вЂ™s, some other wires are moved around to accommodate the soft pedal.

The internal speaker is wired differently as wellвЂ“the wires on the end of the 120-manual ampвЂ™s chassis, which connect to the internal speaker, are absent on the later 700-manual-schematic amps. Some amps seem to resemble the later schematic wiring while вЂњplugging inвЂќ according to the octal arrangement of the earlier (120) schematic. If installing a Wurlitzer amp from the 1957-61 era into a 120, and prior instrument source is unknown, check the octal socket wiring carefully against both the 120 and 700 schematics, especially terminals 4 and 5.ДЄs with the 120, and the 1962-3 Models 140, 145, and 720, this model keeps its top 11 notes undamped, presumably to add harmonic overtones and a sort of вЂњreverbвЂќ to the other notes, similar to the undamping found at the top of a piano. (In fact, the dampers start in more or less the same range as on my conventional upright piano.) Wurly expert Mark Alden Ross finds that his 700 has TOO much upper-note resonance, perhaps more than found on a 120.

He theorizes that the additional mass of the furniture modelвЂ™s body makes overkill out of the sustain brick design. Now that this has been brought to my attention, I look forward to working on my next 700, to see if I find this to be a typical trait. This console model was followed by similar-looking wood/furniture models in the early 60вЂ™s that complemented their parallel portables: The aforementioned 720, the underrated, stunning 720A, then the solid state, smaller-speakered 720B, and the 726(B) (a classroom console).

#1963 wurlitzer piano value serial number#

WURLITZER CONSOLE PIANO VALUE SERIAL NUMBER.