Unlike Proctors’ familiar Wurlitzer organ, known as Goldie, the theater’s new electronic theater organ has four keyboards to Goldie’s three and 270 stops vs. 250. The new organ, to be played most ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A piece of Savannah history almost lost is coming to life thanks to SCAD. There’s no business like show business...Ken Double of the Fox Theatre in Atlanta has been playing ...

That was a common refrain in the early 1920s when the grand movie palaces across the country began to introduce audiences to a new musical invention: the theater pipe organ. A century later, the same ...

"We're giving it our best," said volunteer Frank Sillag, slapping shellac on one of the thousands of wooden parts, this one a gizmo that strikes a crash cymbal. Unlike a church or a concert organ, a ...

When you think about Shea’s Performing Arts Center (PAC), you might not associate it with the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. But that’s about to change, as the theater embarks upon a significant restoration ...

This article, which first ran in Oct. 25, 2023, has been updated. After waiting five years, Milwaukee filmgoers finally got a chance in November to hear the restored 1925 Wurlitzer three-manual ...

Attending a classic silent film screening with live musical accompaniment on a theater pipe organ is always a unique experience. That’s because most silent movies had no music scores, so today’s ...

On Saturday, Fox Tucson Theatre will resurrect a signature piece of its early entertainment history: the Mighty Wurlitzer. The massive theater organ, equipped with thousands of moving parts, including ...

The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, special to The Herald News NEW BEDFORD — Technology comes and goes, but some things are irreplaceable. A century after it was first installed, the historic ...