Goldie, the mighty Wurlitzer theater organ
Photos in Gallery: 6
Posted: February 3, 2010
Photographer:
Marc Schultz
‘Theater organs were the precursors of synthesizers . . . . When people hear a theater organ, they can’t believe it. [The society is] trying to preserve this,” said Carl Hackert, organist, member of the Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society and coordinator of MVP’s monthly concerts at Proctors. Here, Helen Maksymicz of Little Falls plays “Goldie.”