New Home 1997 вЂ“ Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook, NJД«y this time the organ had little of the original Wurlitzer pipework remaining, having been refitted with mostly non-Wurlitzer pipes from various sources. In December of 1996 the new owner donated the instrument to the Garden State Theatre Organ Society and asked us to remove it, since he was going to utilize the original stage area for two additional small theatres. The Pascack Theatre fell into the small category and was sold. But by the 1990вЂ™s a change in United ArtistsвЂ™ policy was to only maintain large multi-screened theatres and they were selling their smaller ones. We were most fortunate to have Austin Gordon, who loved organ music, as manager of the venue. Through the years United Artists Inc., the owners of the theatre and organ, were very cooperative. The organ music played in Theatre #1 and was simultaneously piped into the other three theatres. The solo chamber was moved and placed in a new pipe chamber on the stage to rejoin the console and the main chamber in the same room. Since that debut, the Wurlitzer was played for Saturday night intermissions with many organists volunteering their talents. The organist was GSTOS founder Jinny Vanore. The first intermission was celebrated July 4th 1976. It took 2 years before the organ was playable and to be able to be featured. In 1973 a group of GSTOS members joined forces to restore the organ, Crew members were Warren Brown, Russ Fewell, Roy Frenzke, Richard Seigle, Dick Orr, Bob Quinn, Ed Unis, and Joe Vanore. Ranks of pipes were removed or destroyed. Unfortunately, as time passed the organ music was discontinued, and the instrument fell into disrepair. A pipe organ concert was performed by Jessie Piercy, a well known organist in the area.ДЄ short period of time followed when vaudeville and movies were offered to the public. The gala program on opening night Augfeatured William Boyd, Sue Carol and Alan Hale starring in вЂњSkyscraper. The Pascack 2/8 Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ, Opus # 1914 was installed in the newly built Pascack Theatre Westwood, NJ in 1928. Click here for a History of the Theatre HISTORY OF THE ORGAN вЂ“ A True Saga! First Home 1928 вЂ“ Pascack Theatre, Westwood, NJ

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