The Wurlitzer Organ, Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere, The Lake District
The latest little video of our Wurlitzer Organ in the Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere.
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Bowness Royalty Cinema
Bowness Royalty Cinema
Hello Dolly - Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere (Wurlitzer organ)
Me playing the organ at the Royalty Cinema in Bowness-on-Windermere in the beautiful Lake District.
I am only an amateur and by no means a pro so wanted to point this out and hope you are still able to get the jist of the amazing skills of the Wurlitzer Organ Company.
The organ is a 2 manual 7 rank instrument and was opus 1719 built in 1927 for the Almira Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. After the introduction of the 'talkies' not long after, the organ was shipped over to England and installed at the Rex Cinema in the London suburb of Stratford. It remained here until the 1970s but fortunately was stored by an enthusiast after removal. In 2010, the organ was purchased by the Furness Theatre Organ Project who installed it here at the Royalty after giving it an excellent restoration. The console is on a platform to the left of the screen where in the future it is hoped to install a lift so that the console can 'rise' in true cinema organ fashion! The two chambers are installed under the stage and speak through grilles below the screen. The layout is as follows:
MAIN CHAMBER (facing screen - left)
Diaphonic Diapason
Concert Flute
Violin
Violin Celeste
Chrysoglott/Vibraphone
SOLO CHAMBER (facing screen - right)
Tibia Clausa
Trumpet
Vox Humana
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Cathedral Chimes
Snare Drum, Cymbal, Tambourine, Chinese Block, Castanets, Tom Tom, Sleigh Bells, Bird Whisle, Horse Hoofs, Surf, Fire Gong, Motor Horn, Syren, Steamboat Whistle
UNENCLOSED
Bass Drum
Crash Cymbal
For this first video I am playing 'Hello Dolly' from the 1964 musical of the same name. Afterwards, we take a look inside the two chambers to see the workings of the organ in action! As you will hear, I am in no way a professional when it comes to playing a cinema organ and am much more used to playing the church organ!
My thanks to everyone at Furness Theatre Organ Project for making me so welcome and for doing such a first class job on restoring and installing this Wurlitzer organ. It would be easy to assume that the organ had always been here such is the high quality of this installation. It is also good to see a theatre organ that has been kept in original condition and not enlarged, revoiced and original character removed etc.
Drifting and Dreaming - Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere (Wurlitzer organ)
Another of me playing the beautiful 2 manual 7 rank Wurlitzer organ installed at the Royalty Cinema in Bowness-on-Windermere which was originally built in 1927 for Almira Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio and shipped over to England where it was installed at the Rex Cinema in Stratford, London. It remained there until the 1970s and was then in storage until purchased by the Furness Theatre Organ Project who have installed it here.
Im playing 'Drifting and Dreaming' which I thought was an ideal song for the beautiful Lake District and have included a shot of the scenic Lake Windemere at the start of this video. As you will hear, I am in no way a professional when it comes to playing a cinema organ and am much more used to playing the church organ!
My thanks go to everyone at the Furness Theatre Organ Project for making me so welcome. The organ has been superbly restored and installed so well that it you didnt know otherwise, you would think that the organ had always been here!
I am only an amateur and by no means a pro so wanted to point this out and hope you are still able to get the jist of the amazing skills of the Wurlitzer Organ Company.
Byron Jones playing the Style E X Special Royalty Wurlitzer, Bowness -on-Windermere.
From a Lunchtime Concert on the 1927 vintage Wurlitzer Organ, Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere.
Royalty Cinema Wurlitzer, Bowness-onWindermere.
The stately tune 'Rose Of England' by Ivor Novello played on the 2/7 Wurlitzer Organ in the Royalty Cinema.
Matthew Bason at the Royalty Cinema Wurlitzer, Bowness-on-Windermere.
Matthew Bason gave a fantastic Lunchtime Concert on our Wurlitzer Organ. Here's a short extract.
An Audio Recording of the Royalty Wurlitzer Organ.
A recent audio recording of our Wurlitzer Organ in the Royalty Cinema, Bowness-on-Windermere.
Lakeside to Bowness across beautiful Lake Windermere - traveled by Affenpinschers
Relax, and enjoy a boat ride, from Lakeside to Bowness, on Lake Windermere with our two Affenpinschers Cassie & ickle Pippa.
Lots to see along the way..even if the weather is cloudy, the scenery is breath taking, so sit back, and enjoy !
All footage filmed & owned by Affiefilms
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Me and my sister driving through London's Regent Street at night with christmas lights
The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ - The door to heaven
The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ
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Stanford Hall, Nottinghamshire
For other stately homes named Stanford Hall, see Stanford Hall.
Stanford Hall is a grade II* listed 18th-century English country house in Nottinghamshire, England, in Stanford on Soar just north of Loughborough.
It is constructed in red brick with ashlar dressings, with a hipped slate roof topped with a painted balustrade. It is built in two storeys with a 7 bay frontage.
The manor of Stanford, complete with its stone manor house, was sold in 1661 by the Raynes family to a London alderman, Thomas Lewes. He was succeeded by his grandson Francis Lewis, who was an MP and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1713–14. The estate then passed to the fourth and last generation of Leweses, Charles Lewes, who died with no heir. After him it passed by marriage to the Dashwood family, of whom the first to occupy the property was Charles Vere Dashwood. He commissioned William Anderson of Loughborough to rebuild the house in brick between 1771 and 1774. It then descended in the Dashwood family to Charles Lewes Dashwood, who sold in 1887 by Richard Ratcliff, a brewer from Burton-on-Trent.
Ratcliff employed the local architect W.H. Fletcher to make substantial changes to the house, which included building new 2 storey wings flanking the main block and a new service wing. It passed on his death in 1898 to his son, also Richard, By 1928 the owner was Richard Snr.'s granddaughter Kathleen, who had married Lawrence Kimball.
In 1928 Sir Julien Cahn purchased the Hall from the Kimballs for £70,000.
Here Cahn built himself a cricket pitch, nine-hole golf course, bowling green, large trout lake, sea lion pool, lido, tennis court and thatched pavilion, an enormous outdoor heated swimming pool with coral walls holding fountains and artificial caves added to the fantastic wooded parkland and formal gardens.
The largest addition was a theatre designed by Cecil Aubrey Masey built in 1937 for £73,000 which seated 352 people. The walls were decorated with murals by Beatrice MacDermott. It comprised a raked auditorium, orchestra pit and Wurlitzer organ which can be raised and lowered during performances. The organ was made for ThéAtre de la Madeleine, Paris. It was purchased by Sir Julien Cahn for £20,000 and enlarged when it was installed.
The house was extensively remodelled over the next decade under the direction of Sir Charles Allom, principal of arguably the finest of the large interior decorating concerns, White Allom Ltd. Together with Queen Mary, Sir Charles advised on the redecoration of Buckingham Palace and had many multi-millionaire clients, such as Henry Clay Frick, whose Fifth Avenue town house now houses the Frick Collection and whose decoration by White Allom is highly regarded. The same is true of Stanford Hall.
Stanford Hall retains most of the superb interior structures and installations of Cahn's day, though most of the art moderne marble bathrooms were removed in the 1960s. The furnishings selected with Sir Charles Allom were of the highest quality. The inclusion of many fine antiques, and the theming of the rooms by date and country gave the impression of a house that had evolved over time. By 1940 it was one of the finest and most luxurious of small country houses in the United Kingdom. Cahn died in the White Allom panelled library in 1944, when part of the house was being used for the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers.
In 1941 a Blenheim bomber crashed onto the cricket pitch in foggy conditions; no one died in the incident.
The hall was purchased for £54,000 in 1945, by the Co-operative Union to house its Co-operative College.
The Co-operative College relocated to Holyoake House in Manchester in 2001 and sold Stanford Hall to Raynsway Properties, who planned to convert it into luxury apartments and also build a 147 Bedroom hotel in the grounds.
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