Tivoli Theatre
709 Broad Street,
Chattanooga,
TN
37402
709 Broad Street,
Chattanooga,
TN
37402
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Anyone have information on how the Tivoli made the stage larger? Did they take out a back wall and move the stage back or did they move forward and lose seating? Any help on details of how they enlarged the stage to accommodate a Symphony is greatly appreciated.
The full name of the local associate architect for the Tivoli was Reuben Harrison Hunt.
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My understanding is that the organ console was removed in l939 to make more seating space available for showings of Gone With the Wind. The cable was cut and the console put backstage with the pedal board thrown on top. I have a photo of it in this condition which I took in l962 during the period when the theater was closed. Manager Clye Hawkins graciously let me in to take a few pictures.
Bill Barger and friends reattached the cable to the console in l965 so that it could be played for a Barbershop Quartet show. The Chattanooga Times photo shows that there were in fact no stop tabs on the console. I think Bill had to register it with the crescendo pedal.
The console was placed in a niche under the house left box seats and remained there until the console was rebuilt in the l990’s.
Many thanks to the present crew who looks after the instrument.
This is a recent photo of the Tivoli.
Brief shot of the Tivoli blade on the NBC Nightly News this evening.
A report from a Chattanooga jobs fair by the late Tim Russert’s son Luke.
1986 photo of the Tivoli Theatre.
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Another 1986 photo of the Tivoli Theatre.
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Another photo of the Tivoli is here.
Here are ten photos of the Tivoli Theater from the Library of Congress.
A few of the previous links have expired. Here is another photo.
More information is here.
The enlarged views are a just personal preference for larger photos and you are not missing out on anything.
Don…
I can’t view the larger photos posted of this theater either Don, but the normal size photos look just fine. Am I missing anything?
A 1986 view of the Tivoli in Chattanooga here, here and here. Enlarged views here, here and here.
The Tivoli Theatre will host a benefit concert for the Hamilton County Rescue Squad on Saturday, April 5, 2008, at 7:30 P.M. The Wurlitzer theatre organ will be played from the time the doors open about 6:30 P.M. until the start of the show, during the intermission, and possibly at the end of the program. The Wurlitzer has been prominently features on posters, in print advertising, and in radio and TV ads promoting the benefit program.
And this is another one.
Here is a 2008 night view of the Tivoli.
The Wurlitzer Theatre organ was again restored in the late 1980’s and is currently maintained by a dedicated volunteer group from Chattanooga, Manchester, Nashville, Atlanta and Birmingham. When the team is there, the organ is played, primarily by Nashville organist Everett Hertenstein. After the passing of legendary Chattanooga musician Jon Robere, organist at the Tivoli, the organ was not played publicly until a recent effort by theatre management resulted in the organ being used prior to events at the theatre. The organ is re-emerging into the public consciousness after a long absence. A video of Atlanta organist Ron Carter playing the Tivoli Organ at a Nov 2007 program is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQZxjCKf9-4 .
Two more photos of the Tivoli Theater can be seen here.
This is a 2007 night view of the Tivoli Theater.
Here is a recent photo of the Tivoli Theater.
This is a 2007 night view of the Tivoli Theater.
The Wurlitzer in the Knoxville Tennessee Theater is played regularly. Dr. Bill Snyder performs an hour long free noon time program on the first Monday of each month that the theater is available (check www.tennesseetheatre.com)) Perhaps someone in the Chattanooga area could play the Tivoli Wurlitzer occasionally, perhaps when routine maintenance is performed. I’m certain people in the Chattanooga area would like to hear the organ played.
Here are pictures of this theater
This is another recent photo of the Tivoli Theater.