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A theatre organ (also known as a theater organ, or, especially in the United Kingdom, a cinema organ) is a type of pipe organ developed to accompany silent films, from the 1900s to the 1920s. Theatre organs have horseshoe-shaped arrangements of stop tabs (tongue-shaped switches) above and around the instrument's keyboards on their consoles.
The American Theatre Organ Society ( ATOS) is an American non-profit organization, dedicated to preserving and promoting the theatre pipe organ and its musical art form. [1] ATOS consists of regional member-chapters, and is led by democratically elected leaders. There are currently over 75 local chapters of ATOS, and membership is made up of ...
The Theatre Organ Society International ( TOSI) was a nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and presenting the theatre organ performance as an internationally recognized art form. [1] The organization existed from 2007 to 2014. The mission of TOSI was to help promote theatre organ performance as a popular entertainment icon, thereby ...
The Sanfilippo Place de la Musique is a private museum in Barrington Hills, Illinois, United States, known for its collection of antique music machines, including phonographs, player pianos, fairground and band organs, calliopes, and a large theater pipe organ. It is located on the estate of Jasper and Marian Sanfilippo. [1]
In 2011 he was inducted into the American Theatre Organ Society Hall of Fame. [16] In the spring of 2008, [17] and in celebration of his career, the Allen Organ Company developed the Walt Strony Signature Model [18] - the STR-4 - which is a four-manual instrument.
Today this organ may be a pipe organ (see above), a digital or electronic organ that generates the sound with digital signal processing (DSP) chips, or a combination of pipes and electronics. It may be called a church organ or classical organ to differentiate it from the theatre organ , which is a different style of instrument.
Geneva Organ Company. The Geneva Organ Company was an American manufacturer of pipe organs. [1] During the age of silent films, the company was a small but notable maker of theatre organs. It produced organs under various names, including Geneva Organs, Smith Unit Organs, and Smith-Geneva Organs. [1]
Temple Theatre. The Temple Theatre is a historic theater, located on the banks of the Saginaw River in Saginaw, Michigan. The Temple was built in 1927 for the Elf Khurafeh Shriners, and operated for 50 years by W. S. Butterfield Theatres. The theatre complex also contains the former clubhouse of the Elf Khurafeh Shrine, now in use as event ...