Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Reginald Foort's Gigantic Organ at Harringay
English organist Reginald Foort, apparently the cinema organist extraordnaire, is one of the most recorded organists in history. Not long before the Second World War he brought himself and his huge Möller organ to Harringay Arena.
So large was the organ that it took five lorries to move it around.
Named staff organist at the BBC in 1936, in 1938 Foort commissioned the Möller Organ Company to create a portable cinema organ that could be broken down and taken by truck from one engagement to the next.
While it did not prove a very practical instrument, the portable Möller did have a great sound.
After World War II, it was installed into the BBC's studios.
(Well ya learns summat life-enriching every day, eh!).
So large was the organ that it took five lorries to move it around.
Named staff organist at the BBC in 1936, in 1938 Foort commissioned the Möller Organ Company to create a portable cinema organ that could be broken down and taken by truck from one engagement to the next.
While it did not prove a very practical instrument, the portable Möller did have a great sound.
After World War II, it was installed into the BBC's studios.
(Well ya learns summat life-enriching every day, eh!).
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Permalink Reply by John Leeming on
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A belated thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Jeremyb on
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This organ is now installed in the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, USA. I heard it play there in 1998, it doesn't get used much now. Jeremy B
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Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on
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My grandfather would have loved a go at that - FIVE manuals! He occasionally played at Alexandra Palace before the first war.
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