Rivoli Theatre

418 East Baltimore Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202

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lostmemory
lostmemory on February 12, 2009 at 10:17 pm

The year given for these photos is 1921.

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lostmemory
lostmemory on January 13, 2008 at 11:43 am

Sorry about not replying sooner Organized. Apparently I never received an email for this listing. Anyway, the answer is yes. A Kimball theater organ replaced the Moller in 1922.

intune
intune on February 23, 2007 at 11:34 am

At the age of 15, William Sima became the musical director at the Wilson Theatre. He was quoted as saying “I always wanted to be a director … When I was a small boy, I’d forget to watch the show but would watch the orchestra dirctor instead.”(Shipmate, 1942) Sima became the second leader (assistant) of the United States Naval Academy Band in 1918 and its leader in 1933.

MarkA
MarkA on December 5, 2005 at 12:09 pm

Interesting, Lost Memory. Wasn’t the Moller replaced by a Kimball (per Headley’s book, Exit?

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 7, 2005 at 6:36 pm

When this theater was known as the Wilson Theater, it had a Moller organ Opus 1982 installed in 1915.

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 7, 2005 at 6:11 pm

A Moller organ Opus 2995 Size 3/16 was installed in the Rivoli Theater in 1920 at a cost of $1300.00. This theater opened as the Wilson Theater and needs an aka name.

teecee
teecee on April 20, 2005 at 2:22 pm

Nice photos & history here:
http://www.kilduffs.com/REA.html