Riverside Theatre - New York City
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  Riverside Theatre - New York City
   
Riverside Theatre

2561 Broadway at 96th Street
New York, N.Y. 10025









The Riverside Theatre was built for the Shubert Brothers in 1912 and was located on the northwest corner of Broadway and 96th Street. Designed by Thomas W. Lamb, the Riverside had 1710 seats.

Directly to the north along Broadway was the Rivera Building that included the Riviera Theatre on the lower floors and the Japanese Garden Theater on the upper floors. These three theatres, all designed by Thomas W. Lamb, were part of the so-called "Subway Circuit" of legitimate houses. All three theatres were demolished in 1976.
     
Wurlitzer Organ Company
North Tonawanda, N.Y. – Opus 1925 (1928)
Electro-pneumatic action
Style 205
2 manuals, 10 ranks, 5 Tuned Percussions, 14 Traps, Curved Console


This organ for the Riverside Theatre has a Wurlitzer factory date of August 8, 1928.
               
Pedal – 32 notes
16
   Tuba Profunda  
8
   Flute  
16
   Bass Diaphone  
4
   Octave  
16
   Bourdon       Bass Drum  
8
   Harmonic Tuba       Kettle Drum  
8
   Diaphone Diapason       Crash Cymbal  
8
   Tibia Clausa       Cymbal  
8
   Clarinet          
8
   Cello       3 Adjustable Comb. Toe Pistons
               
Accompaniment (Manual I) –- 61 notes
16
   Contra Viol (TC)       Chrysoglott  
16
   Vox Humana (TC)       Snare Drum  
8
   Harmonic Tuba
85
     Tambourine  
8
   Diaphonic Diapason
85
     Castanets  
8
   Tibia Clausa
73
     Chinese Block  
8
   Clarinet
61
     Tom Tom  
8
   Kinura
61
        
8
   Orchestral Oboe
61
     Second Touch  
8
   Viol
85
8
   Harmonic Tuba  
8
   Viol Celeste (TC)
61
8
   Diaphonic Diapason  
8
   Flute
97
8
   Clarinet  
8
   Vox Humana
61
     Cathedral Chimes  
4
   Piccolo       Xylophone  
4
   Viol       Triangle  
4
   Viol Celeste          
4
   Flute       10 Adjustable Combination Pistons
4
   Vox Humana          
2 2/3
   Twelfth          
2
   Piccolo          
               
Solo (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
   Tuba Profunda  
4
   Viol Celeste  
16
   Bass  
4
   Flute  
16
   Tibia Clausa (TC)  
2 2/3
   Twelfth  
16
   Bourdon  
2
   Fifteenth  
16
   Contra Viol (TC)  
2
   Piccolo  
8
   Harmonic Tuba  
1 3/5
   Tierce  
8
   Diaphonic Diapason      
Cathedral Chimes
25 notes
 
8
   Tibia Clausa      
Sleigh Bells
25 notes
8
   Clarinet      
Xylophone
37 notes
8
   Kinura      
Glockenspiel
37 notes
8
   Orchestral Oboe       Orchestra Bells [re-it]
—
8
   Viol      
Chrysoglott
49 notes
8
   Viol Celeste (TC)          
8
   Flute       Second Touch  
8
   Vox Humana  
16
   Tuba  
4
   Harmonic Clarion  
8
   Tibia Clausa  
4
   Octave  
8
   Clarinet  
4
   Piccolo          
4
   Viol       10 Adjustable Combination Pistons
               
Tremulants (4)
    Main       Vox Humana  
    Solo       Tuba  
               
General
    Two Expression Pedals          
               
Effects
   
Surf Auto Horn Train Whistle
Fire Gong Bird Horse Hoofs
     
Sources:
     Cinema Treasures web site: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7472
     Junchen, David L., comp. and ed. by Jeff Weiler. The WurliTzer Pipe Organ –An Illustrated History. Chicago: The American Theatre Organ Society, 2005.
     Kaufmann, Preston J. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 3. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1995.

Illustrations:
     Cinema Treasures web site. Exterior; interior.