Rescued from the Liberty theater, restored and installed in the museum...
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/nov/15/old-wurlitzer-is-the-star-of-silent-movies/ (http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/nov/15/old-wurlitzer-is-the-star-of-silent-movies/)
QuotePipe organs have this small cult following who restore them and enjoy playing them," said Miller, 59, who learned to play organ from his mother, who studied it in college and graduated just as soundtracked movies put theatrical organists out of work. "The people who remember organ music, that generation is dying off," Miller said. "We have to entice a new generation."
Eric
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This is GOOD. Hopefully it is used well.
And it IS going to get used...
QuotePipe Organ, Handbells, Silent Films
"Pipes, Camera, Action!" features two top musicians at Wenatchee Valley Museum
Posted Date: 11/9/2011 2:00 PM
"Pipes, Camera, Action!" will bring two top musicians to the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on Sunday evening, November 20, for a concert and silent movie screening. Organist Mark Andersen will play the 1919 Liberty Theater Pipe Organ and Lynn Andersen will perform on the handbells. They will each perform solo and as a duet.
Mark Andersen also will accompany three short silent comedies: Charlie Chaplin's "Laughing Gas" and "The Face on the Bar Room Floor," and John Carpenter's "Late to Lunch." The Kenmore musician has recorded more than 30 albums for International Artists. He and Lynn host a weekly TV show featuring classical music on pipe organ and handbells, "Crescendo," which is broadcast in Seattle and over Time Warner Cable in New York.
The program will begin at 7pm at the museum, which is located at 127 South Mission Street in Wenatchee. Admission is $12 for adults and $8 for children, or $8 and $6 for museum members. Popcorn and a beverage are included in the price of admission. Tickets may be purchased at store.wvmcc.org or (509) 888-6240, or at the door. "Pipes, Camera, Action" is sponsored by Dave and Sandy Gellatly and Gellatly Properties.
http://www.wenatcheewa.gov/Index.aspx?page=36&recordid=1502&returnURL=%2FIndex.aspx%3Fpage%3D32 (http://www.wenatcheewa.gov/Index.aspx?page=36&recordid=1502&returnURL=%2FIndex.aspx%3Fpage%3D32)
Yes, that is the Wenatchee City website ;)
Eric
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