Pipe Organ Database

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Welte-Mignon Corporation [Welte Organ Co.] (1926)

Location:

Capitol Theater
149 Westchester Avenue
Port Chester, NY 10573 US
Organ ID: 69120

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Theatres, Cinemas, Movie Houses
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on September 12, 2021.
Paul R. Marchesano on September 12, 2021:

The organ was sold for $500 in 1970 when the theater was first sold and converted to a rock and popular concert venue.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on September 12, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Proscenium and orchestra pit: Photograph from an archival source: Jim Lewis, submitted by Jim Lewis. Taken approx. 1927

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