And now we come to the main reason for this little series. The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to as simply Wurlitzer, was an American company started in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1853 by German immigrant Rudolph Wurlitzer. Perhaps the most famous instruments Wurlitzer built were its pipe organs (from 1914 until 1943), which were installed in theatres, homes, churches, and other venues. These were marketed as "The Mighty Wurlitzers". The West Coast Theater in Long Beach had one of the largest Wurlitzer organs installed in 1925 but, with the advent of movies with sound, it was dismantled and put in storage in 1930. In 1968 the Fox West Coast Theater chain decided to dispose of all of the instruments it owned. It was at this precise moment that Field and Coffman appeared and purchased the Wurlitzer, but now they needed to set it up. Fortunately, they knew two older gentlemen who had worked for the Wurlitzer Company. They taught the ‘Two Bills’ everything they needed to know about building and restoring the organ. After thirty-eight years the Mighty Wurlitzer had a new home and a new audience.