34 Comments Posted by AGC

i knew if I kept scrolling down, there'd be a soap dispenser joke somewhere............

those are what's left of the organ's 'trackers' Anything left of the case and pipework, Motts?

actually, not the hammers; those are further in. what you are looking at are the 'dampers'

sorry guys, but this is a just a decorative canopy for the reed organ on the following page. The people who built these organs also put these elaborate canopy tops on them, and fake organ pipes were extremely popular

this looks to me like an antique 'pump organ' which used reeds to produce the tones. There are two pedals (not visible in the pic) that the player must pump with their feet to operate the suction belows. Most musicians around the turn of the century who could not afford pianos bought these organs. The sound is like an accordion on steroids. Yes the organ IS made of real wood, and they were built by hand...too last. I have one like this in my living room that was made in 1898!!! and it's never been restored; only 'patched up' If Motts had drawn a stop or two, pumped the pedals and pressed a few keys, there is a good chance some sound might have come out.
BTW: these organs are NOT HEAVY at all. The 'fake pipe top' from the previous pic detachs, and organ itself can easily carried by two people, or one with a hand truck. Not that I advocate stealing, but obviously whoever owns this place could care less about what's in it (this goes for ALL the locations on this site) or it would have been removed and stored properly, not left to molder away in a vacant building. So I say, if you want it, go for it because if you don't, the wrecking ball will get it instead. And, for people who just leave stuff laying around like this in these places; they're asking to get ripped off.
PS: Motts, your favorite drummer is Neil Peart, right?

maybe Feds ripped the water fountain off the wall too?

no soap dispenser....not even in the ceiling!!

if the water is that crappy, there is a handy-dandy soap dispenser in the bathroom....but then you'd also lose the lighting under the sink if you took it out.

if you look all the way to the left, you can see the soap dispenser....just enough for a quick handwash!!

how 'bout the nasty squirting sound you get when the round thing isn't 'pink' anymore...if the dam thing even works when you push up? Hee hee my first soap dispenser post!!

i only discovered this site yesterday; and i've already seen a whole bunch of soap dispenser comments...now i know where it came from...and i will be sure to think of a few on my own...

where's the pic of the rear gallery? It looks like the organ is still there!

looks like the rear gallery still contained it's pipe organ......or organ chamber anyway!

I'm curious if the chambers on either side of the stage once housed a pipe organ.....'theater organs' were built for movie houses and used to accompany silent movies in those days. Although I did see the shot of that ancient 'double deck' turntable a few photos ahead of this one.....

Kinda reminds me of the Rush '2112' album cover!!!