Better Pipe Organ Database

Beman Organ Co. (1920)

Goodwill Theatre
32 Willow Street
Johnson City, NY

Images

Unknown - Adult film with kiddie matinee (Photograph from an archival source: cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
11 stops
29 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2014-02-25 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, using information from this web site: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/18727. -- The organ included a 2 rank echo division. The Goodwill Theatre still operates, but status of the organ is unknown. -Database Manager

2023-03-19 - Seating for 1,111; renamed the Enjoy Theatre on September 1, 1932; went back to the name Goodwill Theatre in 2010, with the theatre to be converted to a performing arts center. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1919

    Johnson City, New York
    Goodwill Theatre

    Beman   1920   2/15
    _________________________________________

    GREAT                     SWELL
 8' Open Diapason    73    8' Flute Harmonic
 8' Flute Harmonic   73    8' Violoncello
 8' Violoncello      73    8' Viola
 8' Muted Violin IV 244    8' Muted Violin
 8' Viola        II 110    4' Violin
 4' Octave                 4' Piccolo
 4' Violin                16' Contra Bassoon
 4' Piccolo                8' Horn
 8' Tuba             73    8' Orchestral Oboe
 8' Orchestral Oboe  61    8' Clarinet
 8' Clarinet         61    8' Saxophone
 8' Saxophone        73    8' Tuba
    Snare Drum
                              PERCUSSION
    ECHO (in dome)            Chimes       20
 8' Rohr Flute       61       Harp         37
 8' Vox Humana       61       Snare Drum
    Chimes           20       Bass Drum
                              Crash Cymbal
    PEDAL                     Triangle
16' Double Bass   GT 12       Bird Whistles
16' Bourdon       GT 12
 8' Flute            GT
    Bass Drum
    Cymbals

 [Received from Jeff Scofield March 18, 2023]