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Casino Theatre
1151-55 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11221
Originally known as the DeKalb Theatre when it opened on December 11, 1911, the theatre was owned by several operators over its first quarter century. Designed by R. Thomas Short in the Italian Renaissance style, the 2242-seat theatre was located on DeKalb Avenue between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue. By 1915 it was known as Loew's DeKalb, and in October 1936 it was renamed the Casino after a previous Casino Theatre in downtown Brooklyn had either been demolished or closed. Described in advertising as the New Casino, it tried to revive the burleque shows of the old Casino Theatre in downtown Brooklyn, but ran into trouble with the police and switched to vaudeville and late-run movies. The vaudeville was soon dropped, but movies continued into the 1940s.
At some point in the late 1990s, the theatre was taken over by the Board of Education and converted into the East Brooklyn Community High School for Public Service.
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Midmer-Losh Organ Company
Merrick, N.Y. (1921)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals
In 1921, the Midmer-Losh Organ Company installed a new three-manual organ. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located.
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M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2436 (1917)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 34 stops, 16 ranks
In 1917, M.P. Möller installed organs in two of Loew's Brooklyn theatres: Loew's DeKalb (Op. 2436) and Loew's Warwick (Op. 2437). The presumably identical instruments were one of the Möller firm's standard theatre organ models having three manuals and 16 ranks. The following specification is from the contract for Op. 2492 (1918), another 3/16 Möller installed in Loew's Bijou Theatre in Brooklyn. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Violin Diapason [TC] |
73 |
2 |
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Piccolo [Fl. Harm.] |
OR |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
85 |
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Mixture III ranks |
derived |
8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
73 |
16 |
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Bass Clarinet [TC] |
OR |
8 |
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Doppel Flute |
73 |
8 |
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French Horn |
73 |
4 |
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Octave [Op. Diap.] |
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4 |
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Octave Horn |
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4 |
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Zart Flute [Quintadena] |
OR |
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| Cathedral Chimes |
20 Notes |
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Orchestral Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
GT |
4 |
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Flute Harmonic |
73 |
8 |
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Horn Diapason (syn) |
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16 |
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Fagotto [TC] |
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8 |
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Quintadena |
73 |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Viol d'Orchestre |
GT |
8 |
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Clarinet |
73 |
8 |
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Viol Celeste [TC] |
73 |
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Solo Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Gross Flute |
85 |
4 |
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Gemshorn [TG] |
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8 |
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Concert Flute |
73 |
16 |
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Bass Tuba [TC] |
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8 |
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Gemshorn |
85 |
8 |
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Tuba |
73 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
73 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
73 |
4 |
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Flute Overte [TG] [Gross Fl.] |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Sub Bass [ext. Gross Fl.] |
12 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
SO |
16 |
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Gemshorn [ext.] |
12 |
8 |
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Flute |
SO |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.] |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Orch. to Solo |
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Orch. to Pedal 8' |
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Solo to Orch. 8' 8' |
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Solo to Pedal 8' |
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Great 4' |
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Orch. to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Orch. 16', 4' |
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Solo. to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Solo 16', 4' |
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Mechanicals
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Orchestral Tremulant |
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Crescendo Indicator |
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Solo Tremulant |
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Adjustable Combinations
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| Orchestral Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Great Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb) |
| Solo Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb) |
| Pedal Organ |
Pistons 1-2-3 (thumb) |
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Piston Couplers
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Corresponding Orchestral and Solo Pistons to Great Pistons |
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Corresponding Pedal Pistons to Manual Pistons |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Solo Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Balanced Orchestral Pedal |
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Orchestral to Pedal Reversible |
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Grand Crescendo Pedal |
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Thunder Pedal |
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6900
Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
M.P. Möller, Inc. Agreement (Apr. 1, 1918) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 2492 (1918). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
Illustration:
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. DeKalb Theatre (1911). |
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