Better Pipe Organ Database

Hillgreen, Lane & Co. Opus 504 (1918)

Rialto Theater
1424 Douglas St.
Omaha, NE

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

Images

1923 - Theater interior to rear (Photograph from an archival source: cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1925 - Theater interior to front (Photograph from an archival source: cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1920 - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Omaha World Herald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
27 stops
37 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2023-04-30 - The 2,500-seat theater was designed by John Latenser & Sons for the Blank Realty Company. The general contractor was Calvin Ziegler. The theater was of steel frame construction with concrete and masonry walls. The theater's exterior was of old ivory and terra cotta, with accents of polychrome blues and reds. There were three prominent arches for advertising over the theater's diagonal corner entrance. Features included a nursery with an attendant, a screening room and large orchestra space with a pipe organ. Store fronts were built along the street level and business offices were available on the second level. The total investment in the building and its outfitting was estimated in 1917 at $300,000. The theater opened to the public on Memorial Day, May 30, 1918. The theater closed suddenly on August 2, 1929 and was subsequently sub-divided into several retail establishments. Its later uses included a bus station, a bowling alley, a retail clothing store and a cafeteria before its eventual demolition in February 1986. The theater's organ was acquired by Omaha Central High School with plans to install it in the school's auditorium. That plan was never executed upon and the organ was later dismantled and sold for scrap. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON April 1918

    Omaha, Nebraska
    Rialto Theater

    Hillgreen Lane   Op. 504   1918   3/27
    __________________________________________

    GREAT                    CHOIR
16' Tibia Clausa          8' Viol d'Gamba
 8' Stentorphone          8' Quintadena
 8' Viola                 8' Dolce
 8' Grossflöte            8' Unda Maris
 8' Doppelflöte           8' Melodia
 8' Tuba                  8' Clarinet
 4' Flute Traverso        8' Vox Humana
 4' Clarion               4' Flute d'Amour
 2' Piccolo               2' Fifteenth
    Xylophone
    Orchestral Bells         ECHO (on Great)
    TRAPS-1st TOUCH       8' Clarabella
    Snare Drum Roll       8' Salicional
    Snare Drum Tap        8' Cor Anglais
    Tambourine            4' Fernflöte
    Castanette               Chimes
    Tom-Tom
    Chinese Block            PEDAL
    TRAPS-2nd TOUCH      32' Acoustic Bass
    Snare Drum Roll      16' Double Diapason
    Triangle             16' Cathedral Bourdon
    Tuba on 2nd touch    16' Trombone
    Stentorphone "        8' Cello
                          8' Grossflöte
    SWELL                 8' Tromba
16' Bourdon                  TRAPS
 8' Open Diapason            Snare Drum Roll
 8' Gedeckt                  Bass Drum
 8' Viol d'Orchestre         Grand Crash
 8' Viol Celeste             Tympani
 8' Orchestral Oboe          Tom-Tom
 4' Rohrflöte                Crash Cymbals
 2' Flautina
    Harp
    Marimba

  [Received from Jeff Scofield April 29, 2023]