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Custom Rodgers Theatre Organ ~our-nal of the Arner-ican Theatr-e Or-aan iociet y The greats' one. THEWURLITZER ELECTRONICPIANO. The one electronic piano chosen by so many all-time greats. The overwhelming choice of talented musicians like Richard Carpenter, A&M record­ ing artist Pete Jolly, Pete Fountain's pianist Godfrey Hirsch, Mel Torme, Duke Ellington, w Ario Guthrie, David Clayton-Thomas, Marian McPartland, Paul Revere and the Raiders. What makes the Wurlitzer Electronic Piano the greats' one? The unusual effects that come from built-in vibrato and volume control. Portability. And, most important, that dependable Wurlitzer sound. It's something you can share with these all-time greats. Simply visit your Wurlitzer dealer and ask for the greats' one. WURLilzER leads the way cover- photo ... Dick Kline and Lee Erwin in the solo chamber of the 4/28 Wurlitzer in the Kline residence. (See story on page five.) Journal of the American Theatre Organ Society in this issue ... Volume 16, No. 3 June, 1974 FEATURES ATOS National Membership is $10.00 per .. Ted Creech calendar year, which includes a subscription 5 The Joys of Recording ..... .. Jon Fisher to THEATRE ORGAN, the official pub­ 8 The End of an Era at the Isthmus lication of the American Theatre Organ 11 Awakening the Giant . Bob Mitchell Society. Single copies $1.25. Make check or 15 The John Muri Story ...... Lloyd E. Klos money order payable to ATOS, and mail 18 Head Bros. Circus to P.O. Box 1314, Salinas, California 93901. 26 Carter Raps It Up 27 Moon River Organ Travels Again Carroll Harris Editorial Address . John Muri THEATRE: ORGAN 28 Playing the Film (Part 11) •..•. P.O. Box 1314 , 30 Muskegon Has Full House Salinas, California 93901 33 Rodger's Concert at Greenfield Village Advertising Address 34 The Men Behind the Dowager Empress ......... Paulus Elm-Selig ATOS Advertising 2231 North Burling Street Chi ca go , Illinois 60614 DEPARTMENTS National Headquarters 4 Acre of Seats 31 Nuggets from the Golden Days 43 Letters to the Editor ATOS 37 For the Records 45 Chapter Notes P.O. Box 1002 10 Hollywood Cavalcade Middleburg , Virginia 22117 14 Dinny's Colyum 41 Book Review 63 Classifieds Phone ( 703) 554 -8321 20 Vox Pops 42 Closing Chord National Officers Erwin Young, President Duane Searle, Vice President Jean Lautzenheiser, Sec. Treas . Nina Young, Executive Secretary pr-esident~s messaae ... National Board of Directors Mary A. Bo w les W . "Tiny" James Where do we go from here? ATOS has already Albert T . Mason Jean Lautzenheiser Allen R. Miller Ri chard C. Simonton enjoyed a growth over five times that expected Ri chard H. Schrum Judd Walton by its founders and there appears to be no end in Stillman Ri ce, Past President sight; but possibly we should pause just long Librarian Mary A . Bowles enough to examine this progress. Are we growing Route? , Hopewell Roa d Lost Lake , Marlton , N.J. 08053 on a good foundation and are we following the Phone : (609) 983 1535 guide line of our stated purpose? Past Presidents From a loosely organized hobby group we Richard Simonton Feb. 1955 - Oct. 1958 Judd Walton Oct. 1958 - July 1961 have progressed to a point where we are now in a Tiny James July 1961 - July 1964 small business category and as such, must be Carl Norvell July 1964 - July 1966 Richard Schrum July 1966 - July 1968 organized and operate in accordance with the Al Mason July 1968 - July 1970 laws that govern us. Over the period of the last Stillman Rice July 1970 - July 1972 several years we have successfully reorganized to Honorary Members comply with corporate laws that we had igno­ 1959- Jesse Crawford 1967- Erwin A. Young, Jr. rantly violated previously. Our administration 1960-Farny WLirlitzer 1968-R ichard C. Simonton 1961-Mel Doner 1969- Judd Walton has been changed to better distribute the work load and to keep our records up to 1962-Leonard MacClain 1970-Bill Lamb date. Yes, our foundation for further growth appears to be quite solid. 1963-Eddie Dunstedter 1971-George and Vi Thompson Unfortunately, a sign of the times is the steady decline of the motion picture 1964-Reginald Foort 1972-Stu Green 1965-0an Barton 1973-AI and Betty Mason theatre and with it the loss of theatre organs in theatres. The great majority of these 1966-W. "Tiny" James fine instruments have been saved to sound again in other locations. In this EDITORIAL STAFF operation, in the many ways the theatre organ is presented to the public in Editor - George Thompson programs and in information presented in THEATRE ORGAN and many other Associate Ed itors - Ray Bruba cher Lloyd E . Klos publications, we are indeed following our stated purpose. Peg Nielsen The future of is in your hands. Service in the many administrative levels is Editor - Emeritus - W . "Stu" Green ATOS Photographer - Bill Lamb not aJl fun and games but is most certainly the key ingredient in this or any Publ ishe r - Al Mason Editor ia l Assistant - Don Lo c kwood organization and must be for the good of the entire organization, rather than for Advertising Manager - Len Clarke personal gain or glory. Even as a voluntary action, the acceptance of any office Cir culati on Manager - Vi Thompson carries with it the responsibility of doing the job. THEATRE ORGAN (title registered U.S. Your officers and directors are trying to do the job for the benefit of all guided Patent Office) is published bi-monthly by the American Theatre Organ Society, Inc., by the decisions of the majority. Our annual meeting in Detroit in July will include a non-profit organization, Erwin A. Young, the annual meeting of the ATOS Board of Directors. All chapters are urged to have Jr., President. All rights reserved. Entire contents copyrighted 1974 by ATOS, Inc., a representative at this meeting and members wl}o are not chapter affiliated are Office of publication is P.O. Box 2329. likewise invited. Your input at this meeting will guide the actions of the officers Livonia, Michigan 48150. POSTMASTER: Second Class postage paid and d,:.ctors durin~;~o;ing term I~ f:r th:;;~ j._ at Livonia, Michigan. IF UNDELI VE RAB LE, send form 3579 to ATOS Circulation De­ partment, Box 1314, Salinas, California 93901. =:~:::~Y~V Clo i, 3 JUNE, 1974 By Bill Peterson- Number 31 in a series SHERIDANTHEATRE - CHICAGO This theatre seating 3000 was designed by J. E.O. Pridmore. The classic Greek facade of this building faces on Sheridan Road where sign regulations did not permit a marquee that jutted out over the sidewalk.The attraction board was placed flush to the building entrance. The 4 manual 20 rank Wurlitzer organ was bought by Fred Kruse. Some years ago the theatre was converted to use as a synagogue,although to the best of the writer's knowledgeit is once again used as a theatre. 4 THEATRE ORGAN JUNE, 1974 The )Joysof Recording by Ted Creech Recording is possibly the most likes of which Richard couldn't pos­ and Mike Doyle, the electronics engi­ difficult of all music-making pro­ sibly have foreseen. neer. The next day a very large movin,g cesses, but Lee Erwin, Dick Getting the organ ready for the van from the West Coast backed up to Kline, and a crew from Angel exacting demands of recording was the Kline residence. Richard had an­ Records can testify that it can routine, except for several sets of pipes ticipated the usual assortment of pro­ be a joyful experience - if you which made a trip to the Moller fessional equipment but he was hardly get the right people together factory for a bit of voicing. But it does prepared for the tons - literally - of under the right circumstances. take a tremendous amount of time and recording apparatus that began to effort to make sure that everything is emerge from that van: two 8-track ichard Kline gave the go­ in perfect working condition even for tape recorders, a huge mixing console, ahead to Lee Erwin and an instrument as beautifully main­ power supply, microphones, mike Angel Records for a series of tained as the Kline Wurlitzer. stands, cables, speakers, 100 boxes of organm recordings on his 4/28 Wurlitzer The fun part began a full week 1-inch recording tape and dozens of on November 30, 1973. From that before the scheduled taping date when small pieces of necessary equipment. date until mid-afternoon on March three people from Angel Records in Very soon the house was full, the 14, when Lee finished the last take of Los Angeles arrived at the Baltimore garage was full, the master bedroom a Scott Joplin tune, the Kline resi­ airport: Patti Laursen, the producer; had become a control room, the den a dence became a beehive of activity the Carson Taylor, the recording engineer; conference room, the kitchen a Play-back time in the control-room/master-bedroom. Electronics engineer Mike Doy le, the young man who kept all the recording equipment in perfect con­ dition, was also keenly interested in every note of music that was being piped into the tape machines. With everyone working together so perfectly, it seemed at times (if not always) that things happened almost effortlessly. But even a casual observer could sense that high degree of seriousness and dedication that were joined to the professionalism brought by each person to the making of a record. A recording session with­ out difficulties? No. But in this case the consensus was that the joys far outweighed the sorrows and that the results - three exciting and innovative new theatre organ records - far ex­ ceeded anyone's wildest expectations.
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