Radio Station KXL - 2/9 Wood
Portland, Oregon
 
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This instrument was removed from the Oregon Theatre in Portland by the original manufacturer (William Wood) and re-installed at the studios of KXL Radio in the Multnomah Hotel, Portland.
 
According to some sources, the Wood company repossessed the instrument during the depression and re-sold it to the radio station.
 
After KXL moved, the hotel cut the main cable with an axe. In 1940, the instrument was purchased from the station by Bob Rickett and Jerry Gilmore of Portland for $250.00. Bob used three of the ranks (Tibia, Tuba & VDO Celeste made by Gottfried) as additions to the his 2/5 Wicks residence organ. The remainder of the instrument was sold to in 1940 to Milton Hunt in Aberdeen, Washington. In 1966, those parts were sold to Randall Olsen (Thompson?) for $750.00.