For those interested, the Robert Morton organ in the Memphis Warner Theatre was a 2m/14r, which made it the largest t/o, by rank count, in Memphis theatres. I aquired the bits from the Oberg estate, and still have a few pieces. Bill found the organ ravaged by water damage and scavangers, and salvaged only three partial string bass octaves, one 7 r unit chest, a monster 16' Tuba, and a few Kinura pipes. He had a bad photo of the inside of the theatre, but I never found it.
After Jim Grebe asked my several questions about the Fox I decided to have a look myself at your site, and I am impressed! I worked on the Fox Wurlitzer for 20 years 2 months and watched the restoration of the theater from before the work started. I am really busy at the moment but as time permits I would be happy to share many of the hundreds of photos of the building and organ, and also stories of the restoration. I hope to soon have my web career history up and running on my web site, www.studio4-17.com , which will have some of the Fox stuff on it. I am also in the early stages of writing a book on the project, but that will have to wait for my first book to be finished.
Keep up the good work!
Marlin Mackley
For those interested, the Robert Morton organ in the Memphis Warner Theatre was a 2m/14r, which made it the largest t/o, by rank count, in Memphis theatres. I aquired the bits from the Oberg estate, and still have a few pieces. Bill found the organ ravaged by water damage and scavangers, and salvaged only three partial string bass octaves, one 7 r unit chest, a monster 16' Tuba, and a few Kinura pipes. He had a bad photo of the inside of the theatre, but I never found it.
After Jim Grebe asked my several questions about the Fox I decided to have a look myself at your site, and I am impressed! I worked on the Fox Wurlitzer for 20 years 2 months and watched the restoration of the theater from before the work started. I am really busy at the moment but as time permits I would be happy to share many of the hundreds of photos of the building and organ, and also stories of the restoration. I hope to soon have my web career history up and running on my web site, www.studio4-17.com , which will have some of the Fox stuff on it. I am also in the early stages of writing a book on the project, but that will have to wait for my first book to be finished.
Keep up the good work!
Marlin Mackley