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Console of the 3/13 Barton Theatre Pipe Organ at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theatre. 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. Console of the Rhinestone Barton theatre organ, installed in Theatre Cedar ...
In a large organ with perhaps fifteen ranks in a division, this means that the organist may be moving upwards of sixty cone valves at any time in a four-part texture. Many organs with cone valve chests make use of pneumatic assist devices such as the Barker lever to reduce the perceived weight of the keys.
The Grand Page Organ, Paramount Theatre (Anderson, Indiana) The Page Organ Company was an American manufacturer of theater pipe organs, located in Lima, Ohio. [1] The Page Company started very small, with a home-built organ in 1922. However, the company experienced much growth over the following decade, with a steady demand for theatre organs. [2]
Elaborate pipe organs and theater organs can have four or more manuals. The manuals are set into the organ console (or "keydesk"). The layout of a manual is roughly the same as a piano keyboard, with long, usually ivory or light-colored keys for the natural notes of the Western musical scale , and shorter, usually ebony or dark-colored keys for ...
The Marr & Colton Company was a producer of theater pipe organs, located in Warsaw, New York.The firm was founded in 1915 by David Jackson Marr and John J. Colton. [1] The company built between 500 and 600 organs for theatres, churches, auditoriums, radio stations, and homes.
the control on an organ console that selects a particular sound; the row of organ pipes used to create a particular sound, more appropriately known as a rank; the sound itself; Organ stops are sorted into four major types: principal, string, reed, and flute. This is a sortable list of names that may be found associated with electronic and pipe ...
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.