![]() It was finally donated to Goodwill or somebody when my mom moved from her Florida beachside house about 5 years ago. Funny, I recently found an old paycheck stub from those days. I would draw a crowd to hear me play, and the salesmen would sidle up to a potential customer and say "Hey - if this kid can do it, so can you!" Sold a lot of organs for them! I was told that I was the youngest employee ever for Wurlitzer. A vintage Wurlitzer 4573 organ with onboard Orbit III synthesizer and bench, circa 1974. They would have me demonstrate organs, and moved me around the different North/Central Jersey malls and stores. Since you had to be 13 to work in New Jersey, I started work the day after my birthday, and continued working for them for almost 3 years, until my family moved to Florida. ![]() When I was trying it out at the store, the manager heard me playing and offered me a job on the spot. It was included as the third manual on many different Wurlitzer home organ models since its introduction in 1971 (models 4037, 4373, 4573, 555 and others). When I was 12 years old, my folks brought me to the Wurlitzer store in the mall, where they bought that organ for me to replace my Hammond M100. The Orbit III is an unusual, but not at all rare, basic monophonic synthesizer. My Wurlitzer 950TA highly modified Organ : Select a Wurlitzer organ below to view: Wurlitzer 605 / 805: Wurlitzer 950: Wurlitzer 625TA / 630TA : Wurlitzer Brief History: Rudolph Wurlitzer is an American. All include the Orbit III synth and built in Leslie. ![]() That was the Wurlitzer 4573, which I played throughout my teen years: I have always been a fan of American organs especially Wurlitzer organs. ![]()
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