Pipe Organ Database

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C. F. Winder Co. (1914)

Location:

Eastern Theater
1624 E. Main St.
Columbus, OH 43205 US
Organ ID: 74385

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Theatres, Cinemas, Movie Houses
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on August 30, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 15 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 15 stops. 16 registers.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 15
  • Registers: 16
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on August 30, 2023.
Jeff Scofield on August 30, 2023:

Rebuilt by Moller as 2/12 Op. 2942 in 1920.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on August 30, 2023.
Jeff Scofield on August 30, 2023:

From cinematreasures.org: A neighborhood 900-seat second-run theatre located on the near East side of Columbus, Ohio. According to Phil Sheridan, the original Eastern Theatre was owned by Carl Ludwig’s Eastern Amusement Company. It opened on February 14, 1915, with a seating capacity of 523. Ten years later, on January 20, 1924, William M. “Billy” James purchased the Eastern Theatre. After two years, the Eastern Theatre was closed on June 1, 1926 and the building was razed. The new Eastern Theatre was opened at 2 p.m., Christmas Day, 1926, with Buster Keaton in “Battling Butler”. The new building had a Spanish motif and seating capacity of 1,500. By the early-1930’s, J. Real Neth took over ownership of the Eastern Theatre. It closed in 1965. It was converted into a disco called Ball of Confusion in the 1980’s and eventually was demolished. Sources: Phil Sheridan’s “My Kind of Town” column in the May 1996–Senior Times, p. 13" and The Columbus Dispatch.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on August 30, 2023.
From THE DIAPASON September 1914: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on August 30, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Theater exterior: Photograph from an archival source: cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1915