My latest find

hybridfiat · 10th October 2008, 06:11 AM

Our old church in Katanning was scrapping its old and tired Wurlitzer and it looked like it was destined for the tip. I got my dad to salvage the speakers.
A killer 15" woofer a full range and a Spectratone (Leslie type) speaker.
Ive not been able to find any info on them, I think the chances of getting matching drivers is remote so Ill make a single kick bum boom box for the shed. Ill put a 100w amp in it and use my Creative Zen as a source.

David Gatti · 10th October 2008, 07:10 AM

Nice find! Will be interested to know what you come up with.

hybridfiat · 10th October 2008, 11:25 AM

Wired them all up without enclosures and they all work well. The bigun sounds really good even without an enclosure.

hybridfiat · 21st October 2008, 02:40 PM

Is there no-one out there with knowledge of the wurlitzer speakers?

planet10 · 21st October 2008, 05:04 PM

Can you post pictures of the back?

100W is overkill, 2-10 will likely do the job.

dave

PeteMcK · 21st October 2008, 08:26 PM

There should be a manufacturers date code on the back; I have several speakers out of old organs, IIRC one was made by Wurlitzer even though it was another brand, the speakers were a pair of 12" US Rolas with whizzer cones (I'm keeping them for a Guitar amp project if I ever get around to it...)

hybridfiat · 22nd October 2008, 12:12 AM

Thanks Ill post some pics tonight

mashaffer · 22nd October 2008, 09:24 PM

May be a different driver but my Wurlitzer 15" (square magnet) from a Centura measures about fs=45 and Qt=0.3.

hybridfiat · 23rd October 2008, 02:41 AM

Thanks fellas, Ive flashed off an email to a mob in England who service Wurlitzers and I may go directly to Wurlitzer and ask them.
Meanwhile Ill work with what youve given me.
I agree about the size of the amp.
Its' just that I have in my hot sweatys a spare 100w mono amp. Plus my shed is 18m x 6m.

10th October 2008, 06:11 AM	#1
hybridfiat diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	My latest find Our old church in Katanning was scrapping its old and tired Wurlitzer and it looked like it was destined for the tip. I got my dad to salvage the speakers. A killer 15" woofer a full range and a Spectratone (Leslie type) speaker. Ive not been able to find any info on them, I think the chances of getting matching drivers is remote so Ill make a single kick bum boom box for the shed. Ill put a 100w amp in it and use my Creative Zen as a source. __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter neccissitatem

10th October 2008, 11:25 AM	#3
hybridfiat diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	Wired them all up without enclosures and they all work well. The bigun sounds really good even without an enclosure. __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter neccissitatem

21st October 2008, 02:40 PM	#4
hybridfiat diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	Is there no-one out there with knowledge of the wurlitzer speakers? __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter neccissitatem

21st October 2008, 05:04 PM	#5
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Can you post pictures of the back? 100W is overkill, 2-10 will likely do the job. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

21st October 2008, 08:26 PM	#6
PeteMcK diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney	There should be a manufacturers date code on the back; I have several speakers out of old organs, IIRC one was made by Wurlitzer even though it was another brand, the speakers were a pair of 12" US Rolas with whizzer cones (I'm keeping them for a Guitar amp project if I ever get around to it...) __________________ ‘today… there lives alongside the twentieth century the tenth or thirteenth. A hundred million people use electricity and still believe in the magic power of signs and exorcisms” Trotsky


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10th October 2008, 07:10 AM	#2
David Gatti diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Nice find! Will be interested to know what you come up with.

22nd October 2008, 12:12 AM	#7
hybridfiat diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	Thanks Ill post some pics tonight __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter neccissitatem

22nd October 2008, 09:24 PM	#8
mashaffer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Indiana	May be a different driver but my Wurlitzer 15" (square magnet) from a Centura measures about fs=45 and Qt=0.3. __________________ mike - www.keepingsundayspecial.org

23rd October 2008, 02:41 AM	#9
hybridfiat diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	Thanks fellas, Ive flashed off an email to a mob in England who service Wurlitzers and I may go directly to Wurlitzer and ask them. Meanwhile Ill work with what youve given me. I agree about the size of the amp. Its' just that I have in my hot sweatys a spare 100w mono amp. Plus my shed is 18m x 6m. __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter neccissitatem

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