Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 610 (1916)

Southwestern Amusement Co.: Palace Theatre
311 E. Douglas Avenue
Wichita, KS

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Theatre exterior (Photograph from an archival source: cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Theater interior to rear (Photograph from an archival source: cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Theater interior, chambers and console (Photograph from an archival source: cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
15 stops
24 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2023-08-21 - From cinematreasures.org: Wichita’s 1234-seat Palace Theatre opened on January 17, 1916 with Frank Keenan in “The Coward” & Roscoe Arbuckle in “Fickle Fatty’s Fall”. It was operated by Southwest Amusement Circuit. It was equipped with an Austin organ which was opened by organist P. Hans Flath. In 1929 it was operated by Fox Midwest Amusement Corp. From 1953 it was operated by Sullivan Independent Theatres. The Palace Theatre was closed on April 27, 1963 with Marlon Brando in “Mutiny on the Bounty”. It was demolished in 1966 and replaced by a parking lot. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1916

    Wichita, Kansas
    Palace Theatre

    Austin   Op. 610   1916   3/15
    _____________________________________________

    GREAT                      SWELL
16' Bourdon                 8' Diapason Phonon
 8' Open Diapason           8' Rohr Floete
 8' Flauto Major            8' Orchestral Violin
 8' Flute                   8' Celeste
 8' Violoncello             8' Muted Viol
 8' Dulciana                4' Flauto Traverso
 4' Concert Flute           8' Vox Humana
 8' Horn
    Chimes             21      CHOIR (from Great)
                            8' Violoncello
    PEDAL                   8' Flute
16' Open Diapason   GT 12   8' Dulciana
16' Bourdon            GT   4' Harmonic Flute
16' Contra Dulciana CH 12   8' Horn
 8' Flute              GT

   [Received from Jeff Scofield August 21, 2023]