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The following article was published in the May-June 2026 issue of the Theatre Organ Journal, a publication of the American Theatre Organ Society. Reposted here with permission. View the article wit...

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We're working on an exciting documentary film project about the history of the Organ Grinder restaurants in Portland and Denver. Take a look at our Blog to see our progress, sign up to receive news and updates via email, or check out our Facebook Group which has a lively community. We want your stor

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First, The Good News The last time I put out a full project status update was in October, 2025, with a full "State of the Project Address" video. I'm pleased to say that the video was received v...

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We're proud to announce our new Silver Sponsor, RMCATOS - Rocky Mountain Chapter American Theatre Organ Society. The Rocky Mountain Chapter American Theatre Organ Society was founded in 1964 as a l...

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Tucked away in a modest light-industrial district in Tarzana, California, just off the Orange Line Busway, sits a warehouse with a special secret inside. (OK, it's not a big secret - but most people i...

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Back in September, we visited the Basement Bijou, otherwise known as the house that Fred Hermes, Sr. built in the 1950s in Racine WI. The Hermes Residence in Racine, WI Inside this unassuming th...

Amid the strip malls and used car lots along SE 82nd, one big building, now home to Super King Buffet, looks out of place: glass walls stretching tens of feet tall, ceilings sharply sloping in differe...

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After a whirlwind trip filming in Wisconsin, I returned home and jumped right in to attending Doc Camp, an intensive workshop for documentary filmmakers to share their works-in-progress and meet with ...

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Last Chance to Play and Hear the Cleveland High School Kimball Pipe Organ Saturday, March 14th, 2026Private CRTOS Open Console 10am-12pmPublic Short Convert 2pm Cleveland High School3400 SE 26th Av…

(And Switches and Knobs) Playing a theatre pipe organ inherently requires keeping track of a lot of things simultaneously - with many controls such as stop tabs to select what sounds play, thumb pi...

Last Chance to Play and Hear the Cleveland High School Kimball Pipe Organ Saturday, March 14th, 2026 Private CRTOS Open Console 10am-12pm Public Short Convert 2pm Cleveland High School 3400 SE 26th…

A theater organ that has been housed in the Cleveland High School auditorium since the early 1990s will soon be removed as the school undergoes a modernization project.

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John Ledwon is a music educator, theatre organ enthusiast, and experienced performer. We caught up with John (no easy feat, as he often commutes between Henderson, NV and Los Angeles) in November duri...

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(With the recent relaunch of The Muppet Show, the article title seemed appropriate. For those who don't get the joke, here's the reference.) In the late 1970s, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Superhero...

Dave Moreno describes himself as an organ technician, organist, designer, and builder. Top photo: Dave working on the console of the Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse's Wurlitzer-Morton organ in Fair O...

During our Southwest Road Trip, we passed through Palm Springs, stopping in to interview Rik DeRose. Rik shared some amazing stories from his musical career, ranging from a stint as a "pipe organ & pi...

Organ Stop Pizza is the largest and most well-known of the current Pipe Organ and Pizza restaurants. It was long-planned to be featured as the climax of the documentary's chapter on the remaining o...

While visiting the Phoenix area during our Southwest Road Trip in November, we interviewed Martin Meier, who has a fascinating story about how he came to acquire the Denver Organ Grinder instrument, a...

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Over the years, over 100 restaurants with theatre pipe organs were established, most of them pizza restaurants. But where was the very first pizza restaurant to have a pipe organ? How did this all ...

For multiple independent cinemas, 2025 marks a century of welcoming film fans.

In the early years of the Organ Grinder, the restaurant was an undeniable success. This allowed two of the original founders, brothers Paul and Jerry Forchuk - already from an entrepreneurial family -...