I believe it was in the spring of 1964, I was working with Paul Patterson (AKA Paul Girard, thats anther story), at a small electronics wave filter company in Garland Texas.   Paul, who had been a Wurlitzer repaiman in the 1920's, told me many stories about Wurlitzer organs along with technical inforamtion about how theater organs worked.   Paul said in the 20's he (while working for Wurlitzer) had been called to the   Palace (in Dallas) to repair the organ.   It seems a lady was having mental problems and while in the theater, got behind the stage and climbed up into one of the organ pipe chambers, high on the back wall.   In the 20's there was no AC so the pipe chambers were heated to 98deg. with an electric heater to keep the pipes in tune.   The lady had stayed in the chamber for some time, destroying many pipes by removing them from the wind chests and hiting them on a metal support pole inside the chamber.   In one instance, she had untied the ribbons holding the upper pipe for one wind chest, and swapped the pipes from one end to the other and only missplaced one pipe from a perfect swap.   All this in total darkness and 98deg. heat with an organ concert every couple of hours.   Paul spent many days rebuilding that pipe chamber, reforming pipes, and tuning.  

Paul called the manager of the Palace theater in Dallas to ask about us   viewing the organ.   The Palace manager said the organ was owned by the organist, Weldon Flanagan.   Paul called Mr. Flanagan and asked if we might see the organ.   Mr. Flanagan invited us to his house saying it would be easier to see the organ there and it was larger than the one in the Palace anyway.   We were both flabbergasted, and immediately accepted.   On the appointed evening Paul and I drove to Weldon and Mary's house on Haverford in Dallas south west of the, then Knights of Columbus hall.   We spent the evening being entertained by Weldon and Mary, listening to them playing their Wurlitzer, duscussing how it worked, and many many tales of organ lore.   The organ sounded wonderful, it was amazing that the organ didn't blow you out of the house, they had put a lot of thought into planning it's installation.   Mary asked if there was something I would like to hear and I said "Espana Cani", she sat down set some tabs and I got to hear one of favorite pieces played by a professional, on a teriffic instrument.   Weldon and Mary Flanagan were gracious hosts, for one of the most enjoyable evenings I ever had.   This was 58 years ago and I still remember it.