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Metro Theatre
2269 Webster Avenue at East 183rd Street
The Bronx, N.Y. 10457
The Metro Theatre was built for the Consolidated Theatres chain
and opened on October 20, 1927. Designed by Israel Crausman,
the Metro
seated 1,450 and had no balcony. In the late 1940s
and early 1950s, the Metro was operated by the Cinema Circuit
Corp. chain until it closed in May 1952. |
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Geo. Kilgen & Son
St. Louis, Mo. –Opus 3894 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 5 ranks
The organ in the Metro Theatre was built in 1927 by Geo. Kilgen & Son of
St. Louis. It was Kilgen's Style UO13, and cost $6,966.
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ANALYSIS
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16
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Bourdon-Flute |
97
pipes
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8
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Tuba |
73 pipes
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8
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Tibia Clausa |
73 pipes
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8
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String |
85 pipes
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8
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Vox Humana |
73 pipes
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Marimba |
37 notes
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Xylophone |
37 notes
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Chimes |
5 notes
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Tambourine |
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Castanets |
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Tom Tom |
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Siren |
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Birds |
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Sleigh Bells |
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures website: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5876
Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
Illustrations:
American Organ Institute Archives. Interior. Courtesy
Bailey Hoffner.
Cinema Treasures website. Exterior (credit: Granola). |
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