Behold the Mighty Wurlitzer

Download or read book Behold the Mighty Wurlitzer written by John Landon and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1983-11-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John W. Landon, himself a theatre pipe organist, has written the first history of the theatre pipe organ. He traces its development from church organ to a theatrical instrument that took the place of a piano. Landon also discusses the pipe organ's later emergence as a solo instrument, its use in radio broadcasting and phonograph records, and its present uses. The book also includes a history of those companies that built theatre organs and biographical sketches of some of the leading theatre organists. The appendixes list theatre organ installations around the world.