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Live Theatre Organ music at its best on … The Mighty WurliTzer |
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P A T O S |
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PATOS is the acronym for the Pittsburgh Area Theatre Organ Society. PATOS is a non-profit corporation devoted to the preservation of theatre pipe organs and the music they create. PATOS was started in 1970 by a handful of members with the goal of one day restoring to Pittsburgh genuine theatre pipe organ music. Pittsburgh had lost virtually all of its pipe organs in downtown theatres in the great St. Patrick’s Day flood of 1936. All other organs in area theatres which survived the flood, were victims of changing times and fell to disuse and disinterest through the years. But this was the fate of theatre organs throughout the world which was brought about when the Silent Movie films were replaced with the “talkies.“ Presently, the only organ in the Pittsburgh area is the 3 manual 19 rank WurliTzer owned and maintained by the Society. The organ was moved from New York in the mid 1970s, completely restored and expanded through the years to its present glorious size and condition. Hear a sample – of Clark Wilson playing the PATOS WurliTzer on February 14, 2004. |
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PATOS uses this instrument during 5-6 public concerts and programs at the Keystone Oaks High School (KOHS) in Dormont, PA which is a suburb of Pittsburgh. These events (now numbering more than 170 PATOS events) consist of formal concerts which are always on Saturday nights and start at 7:30 pm with doors opening at 6:45.
Membership in PATOS is available by paying the annual $12.00 dues as discussed on the Membership page. Also, see one of our recent newsletters and things of interest to the keyboardist.
This web site was last updated by Jay Smith on July 22, 2008. If you have any questions or comments, send us E-mail |
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