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 ...

OGDEN — An internationally acclaimed organist is set to bring an evening of music and nostalgia to Peery’s Egyptian Theater via the venue’s “Mighty Wurlitzer” organ. Dave Wickerham will be performing ...

Mighty Wurlitzer Restoration will open at the Providence Performing Arts Center on October 4, 2024, funded partially by a Save America’s Treasures grant. This initiative aims to restore the historic ...

You see it rise, imposingly and almost magically, from the orchestra pit at The Byrd Theatre, cutting a conspicuous figure and announcing, once it begins to be played, a boisterous presence. But even ...

You don’t forget a “Rudy Wurlitzer.” And the name comes up in the most interesting places: In accounts of ’70s young Hollywood, on a Philip Glass opera, or as the screenwriting credit for Two-Lane ...

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 ...

For Matthew Fisher, getting to say yes to becoming the Tennessee Theatre’s associate house organist came after getting a few no’s regarding playing the same instrument as an enthusiastic young ...

Organ music fits at midnight in a cemetery, but it also goes with the neon lights of a roller rink. Amplified by pipes or electricity, the instrument conjures churches, ball games, music halls, ...

In the history of American culture, few sounds are as closely tied to the idea of entertainment as the theater pipe organ. At once nostalgic and timeless, it is often referred to as “the king of ...

There has never been anything to compare with the sound of a Mighty Wurlitzer in full cry. Its rumbling, trumpeting majesty, its cooing, whimpering intimacy brought shivery pleasure to a generation of ...