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D-REXx

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  • Birthday 11/30/1999

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  1. The Fox Theater (aka Showplace of the West) in San Francisco had a 36-rank Crawford Special Wurlitzer (as I found out when I looked it up just now). The organ was sold and the theater torn down in 1963, but not before a series of 'Farewell to the Fox' concerts in February that year. I was living in Berkeley at the time and was fortunate enough to attend the first of the farewell concerts. Quite a thrill to see the console rise up out of the orchestra pit with George Wright* at the keyboard. Not many details of the music remain in my memory, but he took the time to talk to the audience about the instrument and demonstrate many of the special effects it provided, including snare drum and church bells. The highlight was the sound of the largest pipe, which brought showers of dust down from the ceiling. After the last concert, all the interior fittings of the theater were sold off and the building torn down. *He didn't play anything as fancy as the video at the top of this thread - that is just sick!
  2. ...gonna sit right down and not write myself a letter... [and delete it before I send it]
  3. God say, 'You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me comin" you better run'
  4. Thanks for mentioning that, Dave - I'm pretty new here so have missed a lot of postings from the past. Anyway, I found the old thread house with pipe organ. And not only did Jim Alfredson visit the house and play the organ, he made a video which is linked to from the thread. Very nice to see and hear.
  5. Have to admit I didn't realize the video was from 2014 when I posted it. Like some of the above posters, I also wonder what happened to both the house and the organ. It made me think of the 'Farewell to the Fox' concert by George Wright on the big Wurlitzer at the Fox Theater in San Francisco that I attended in 1963. It was a treat to see an expert put the instrument through its paces and demonstrate all the bells and whistles (literally) that it had. He also, among other things, played the highest organ note (almost inaudible) and the lowest (which shook loose the dust of ages from the ceiling). Someone bought the organ before the theater was demolished and installed it in their house, though I expect it was a much larger house than the one in Grand Rapids.
  6. The neighbours were the first thing I thought of. Since it didn't get played too often, perhaps that wasn't an issue. $129,000 sounds like a pretty good price for the organ - but then you'd have the cost of dismantling, moving and reassembling it (not to mention having somewhere with the space to install it). I hope that whoever buys it makes sure it is taken care of and played as it deserves.
  7. I did exactly the same thing; our lead guitar/BL calls it my 'magic carpet". The cheapest mat seemed to work the best with the stick-on velcro strips. I mostly play standing, or sometimes just barely sitting on a high stool, and the sustain pedal wasn't quite at a comfortable angle, so I Gorilla-taped a felling wedge underneath it and it's good for either playing position. And as you say, just roll it up and it's easy to transport (mine goes in a gym bag).
  8. https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2816392/Garth_s_Lowery
  9. Been there, done that (got it all over my T-shirt)
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