A 1925 Wurlitzer organ saved from disposal now fills a south Fargo home with digital pipe sounds, thanks to 20-year-old Dylan Thiele. Dylan Thiele, a 20-year-old organist and member of the Red River ...

Stationed in Music Hall’s ballroom is an instrument few know about: the Wurlitzer organ—a special type of theater organ manufactured by the renowned Cincinnati-based Wurlitzer Company to accompany ...

The Oriental Theatre's newly-restored 1925 Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. When the Oriental Theatre reopened its doors in 2018, the movie palace was nearly just as it was a century ago, when such opulent ...

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 ...

The Alabama Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ has left the building. But fans of the beloved instrument needn’t fret. The organ, affectionately known as “Big Bertha,” will be back at the theater ...

What kind of organ has an estimated worth of more than $1 million? One that has more than 1 million pieces, about 1,600 pipes, and can make the sounds of everything from sleigh bells to car horns. In ...

TUCSON, Ariz — The Fox Theater is working on a modern expansion but this weekend you can step back to watch a movie the way they did when movie palaces like the Fox were the home of silent films.

RACINE — Several years ago, Logan Poelman and his son traveled to Caledonia’s Basement Bijou, a home theater inspired by the Venetian Theater and home to a 1926 Mighty Wurlitzer organ. Every year, the ...

(LEX 18) — Before the era of high-tech movie magic with IMAX and surround sound, going to the theater was a whole different experience. In the early 1900s, silent films relied on live pit orchestras ...

GEDDES, N.Y. — Take a trip to the Empire Theatre at the New York State Fairgrounds and you will soon find yourself surrounded by the sounds of a bygone era. "It's a unique sound," Denny Randall, from ...