![]() ![]() Accompanied by my future wife, I set off for Murrysville. I first became aware of this organ in the early 1970s when a mechanical music instrument collector in Murrysville, PA advertised it for sale in The Antique Trader. Y wife, Tana, and I have been caretakers of a Wurlitzer Style 148 Military Band Organ since 1977. Nearly 20 years after first entertaining such an unlikely thought, my wish came true. The thought of eventually owning such an organ, however impractical, was never far from my mind. Listening to the W-148 was always a highlight of our trip to the Debence collection. ![]() At the time, I lived in Mentor, Ohio, and it became almost a ritual to visit the DeBences whenever my parents traveled from their retirement home in Florida. In the late 1960s, Jake introduced us to the Wurlitzer 148, his personal pet, when I took my parents to the DeBences’ museum on his and wife Elizabeth’s farm near Franklin, PA. He evidently passed these traits on to me. Norm Otto ly played on a band organ, and he enjoyed the band organ sound. Wurlitzer Style 148 Military Band Organ Serial Number 4166 ![]()
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