This article, which first ran in Oct. 25, 2023, has been updated. After waiting five years, Milwaukee filmgoers finally got a chance in November to hear the restored 1925 Wurlitzer three-manual ...

The Oriental Theatre's newly-restored 1925 Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. When the Oriental Theatre reopened its doors in 2018, the movie palace was nearly just as it was a century ago, when such opulent ...

The Smithsonian's Wurlitzer (its console above, with the Star-Spangled Banner) likely played the national anthem before movies. Eric Long/National Musuem of American History, SI Of all the musical ...

The Alabama Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ has left the building. But fans of the beloved instrument needn’t fret. The organ, affectionately known as “Big Bertha,” will be back at the theater ...

Lance Johnson's performance skills on the organ are on display every week at the Fargo Theatre. What's not seen, at least by most of the public, is his technical knowledge of the instrument. The ...

The Alabama Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ is back in Birmingham and is ready to rock. The beloved instrument, affectionately known as “Big Bertha,” was reinstalled in the downtown theater on ...

There was an additional surprise in The Times-Dispatch article of Jan. 13, “Richmond’s Landmark Theater: A surprise in the making.” There was no mention of the world-renowned Wurlitzer pipe organ that ...

Vincent Astor and Tony Thomas will soon be reunited with an old friend, the Orpheum’s Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. The instrument has returned from Chicago for the Orpheum’s 92nd birthday, and you can ...