Inside a theatre organ

[Contratrombone64]

This is, actually, quite interesting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4YL...eature=related

[tittualex]

That was a great tour..........

[rovikered]

Yes, very interesting. It would be better if we could hear more music played on it after the brief explanatory tour.

[dll927]

Too bad they don't something similar with a lot of church organs. Could be quite interesting. St. Sulpice, anyone? The Tabernacle? St. Patrick's?

[methodistgirl]

That reminds me of the theater organ I heard in Phoenix at Organ Stop
Pizza. It had for manuals when I saw it. Before I ever set foot in my
church and played it's pipe organ I got to take a good look at the big
wultizer organ and was amazed by it.
judy tooley

[Krummhorn]

You're right, Judy ... OSP has the largest (IV/79) functioning Wurlitzer Theater pipe organ in the world. With its thick clear plexi-glass expression shades, one can see lots of the organ pipework, and the functioning regulators below. OSP is only a 90 minute drive from where I live.

[jhnbrbr]

It's great that we can all enjoy theatre organs and "straight" organs today without the terrible snobbery which existed in the past. I seem to remember that in "How to play a church organ" Marmaduke P Conway was extremely vitriolic about theatre organs and theatre organists!

[AllanP]

The days for which the snobbery existed seem to becoming in the past. It is now possible to enjoy a wide range of organ sounds, not just neo-baroque. I have subscribed to the Diapason for quite a few years and have seen the changes from very narrow, strict neo-baroque thru the Skinner revival to today where it is even possible to talk about theatre organs. I am even considering rejoining the AGO now that one can admit to having a theatre organ.

[Contratrombone64]

"becoming in the past"?!

But I agree - the theatre organ is much a vital part of the musical tapestry as the, er, Ranckett.

[Krummhorn]

The days for which the snobbery existed seem to becoming in the past. It is now possible to enjoy a wide range of organ sounds, not just neo-baroque. I have subscribed to the Diapason for quite a few years and have seen the changes from very narrow, strict neo-baroque thru the Skinner revival to today where it is even possible to talk about theatre organs. I am even considering rejoining the AGO now that one can admit to having a theatre organ.

So true ... only in recent years has the AGO recognized theater organists to be "organists" ... jeez, most theater organists have been (or are) church organists, too.

[Corno Dolce]

Aloha CT64,

Stop picking on the *Ranquette* - It ain't done you no harm