"I have to make a decision, or it will get 'parted out' and be lost forever. Time runs out on the storage unit April 30.
His top priority, however, is the Wurlitzer. The archives has memorabilia from TV host Ruth Lyons her bandleader Cliff Lash singers Bonnie Lou, Marian Spelman and Judy Perkins radio personalities Stan Matlock and James Francis Patrick O'Neill Cincinnati TV producer Fred Ziv ( Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol, Cisco Kid) and Larry Smith's puppets and his castle and treehouse TV sets. Martini is also looking for climate-controlled storage space for Media Heritage, founded in 2000. There are approximately four more Wurlitzers in homes through Greater Cincinnati, he says. Wurlitzers used to be a featured attraction at a couple restaurants in the 1980s, including the Springdale Music Palace (now Hooters) and the old Shady Nook on US 127 between Millville and Oxford. Music Hall ballroom has a Wulitzer which previously was played at the old Albee Theatre on Fifth Street, and later Emery Theatre at Walnut Street and Central Parkway. So did some funeral homes and private residences. In the early 20 th century, most theaters had a Wurlitzer. "It's big – but small compared to many Wurlitzer theater organs," he says. Perhaps a theater would want it? A community center or an auditorium? Martini hopes to find someone who would love it as much as he does. "Very few organs remain intact today, unfortunately," he says. One out-of-state prospective buyer has expressed an interest in the organ to strip it for parts. The large wooden console and pipes take up about 75% of a 40-foot storage container, he says. Martini originally hoped to display it at the VOA, but the Wurlitzer is not going to be part of the museum's renovation and expansion.
It can provide a variety of sound effects, including ooga horns, train whistles, caroling birds, galloping horses, raging wind, thunder, rain, a siren and door bell. Newspaper advertisement for the Mayflower Theatre.
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