Thursday, 16 August 2012

Cinema Wurlitzer organ restored

16 August 2012 Last updated at 04:26 ET


The Wurlitzer organ was built in 1927 and was originally installed in America

A large pipe organ dating back to the silent film era has been installed in a south Cumbrian cinema after five years of restoration work.
The Wurlitzer 2/7 organ has been fully restored and placed in Royalty Cinema in Bowness on Windermere.
The instrument was built in 1927 and originally installed in the Almira Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
The Furness Theatre Organ Project purchased the organ in January 2010.
During the early years of film, a piano or organ provided live accompaniment,

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