Varsity Theatre
1710 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Horseshoe
- Console position: Console on Lift
- 3 manuals
- 176 stops
- 26 registers
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2005-12-05 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Console painted to look like a brick cottage with terra cotta roof tiles. Organ had floating Brass and string divisions. -Database Manager
2015-01-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- According to a post on the Historic Chicago Theatre Organs Facebook page, the organ was removed by Karl Werner of Addison, Illinois and installed in his home there by him. In later years, the family moved to Arizona, and the organ was moved along and reinstalled in the new Werner home. When Mr. Werner passed away at age 97, the family reportedly literally put the organ in the dump. -Database Manager
Documents
- (1985-01-01) Stoplist, Geneva Organ Company, Varsity Theatre, Evanston, Illinois, from <i>The Console</i> collection, David L. Junchen, <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ</i>, vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 143. Published stoplist -Charles Eberline
- (1985-01-01) Geneva Organ Company console, Varsity Theatre, Evanston, Illinois, from <i>The Console</i> collection, David L. Junchen, <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ</i>, vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 138. Photograph of the console -Charles Eberline
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