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The Allen organ is a type of electronic organ that was created in 1937 and 1939. The Allen organ company was also responsible for creating the first transistorized organ in 1951. In addition to that, a new way of generating sound, by digital waves, for the organ was produced in 1971.
A boxing arena, the Utica Stadium, was razed to make way for the Uptown Theatre. A $25,000, three-manual organ was installed during construction, placed on an elevator lift beneath the orchestra pit. At opening the theater seated 1,500: it was the first theater in Utica to use stadium seating. [1] [5]
The concept was marketed as a "Symphonic Registrator" organ, but few of these instruments were sold. [1] The company's largest organ was a 5-manual, 24-rank, which was installed in the Rochester Theatre, in Rochester, New York in 1927. The theatre was demolished in 1964, [4] and the organ sold. [5]
The original Wurlitzer pipe organ was discovered in 1983 by the New York Theatre Organ Society, www.nytos.org, and a deal was struck for the renovation and re-installation of the instrument with NYTOS as permanent curator holding ownership of the instrument. The Bardavon has been the home of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic for over 40 years.
The organ was used as a demonstrator by the Wurlitzer Factory, in nearby North Tonawanda, whenever a visiting customer wanted to hear an example of a 4 manual (keyboard) organ installed in a theater. [The demonstrator for a 3 manual (keyboard) organ was the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda, NY.]
Jul. 20—A Band Organ Rally is coming back to Olcott this weekend after a year of silence for "The Happiest Music On Earth." The Carousel Organ Association of America (COAA) plans to once again ...
Organ Fairchild will be the featured act for the 7th annual Jazz+ Live (formerly Jazz at Sunset) concert at 6 p.m. Aug. 23 outside behind The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts.
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