When you think about Shea’s Performing Arts Center (PAC), you might not associate it with the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. But that’s about to change, as the theater embarks upon a significant ...
In the golden age of Hollywood, no self respecting cinema would be without one. The majestic Wurlitzer organ would rise from the floor in a fanfare of organ pipes and spectacle, offering a pseudo ...
The organ collapses the distant and the near: In it, the works of the Renaissance and the disco era all still stand and ...
the organ's future looked bleak. The old cinema has been converted to a Habitat store and the Wurlitzer, restored to playing order and original condition in 2006, is occasionally heard.
"The picture is one of the best ever shown in Memphis, barring none," raved a movie reviewer credited as "A.M.D." in the Feb. 2, 1926, edition of The Commercial Appeal. "The acting is flawless ...
Designed by architect John Eberson, the interior features a 1,400-pipe Wurlitzer organ and was constructed to look like a garden with flowering vines and gargoyles. (It's even played before ...
Wolfe has been playing at Thursford for 44 years and the package includes a demonstration of the Wurlitzer, one-hour playing time, a look inside the organ chamber and entry to the museum.