The Organ Grinder Goes to Camp After a whirlwind trip filming in Wisconsin, I returned home and jumped right in to attending Doc Camp, an intensive workshop for documentary filmmakers to share their works-in-progress and meet with ...

The Organ Grinder Goes to Camp - www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/the-org... #organgrinder #theatreorgan #documentary

The Cleveland High School Theatre Pipe Organ Farewell Concert
Featuring Jonas Nordwall and Sawyer Best - youtu.be/69Tx30R-K3M #theatreorgan

Saturday March 14th, 2026 – 2:00pm

https://www.crtos.org/march-14th-2026-1000am-200pm/

Last chance to hear probably the best sounding theatre organ in the PNW, Saturday March 14th at 2pm. If you are in the Portland area, come and listen for free! #TheatreOrgan #PipeOrgan #PDX #Portland

March 14th, 2026 – 10:00am & 2:00pm Last Chance to Play and Hear the Cleveland High School Kimball Pipe Organ Saturday, March 14th, 2026Private CRTOS Open Console 10am-12pmPublic Short Convert 2pm Cleveland High School3400 SE 26th Av…

March 14th, 2026 – 2:00pm www.crtos.org/march-14th-2...

Last chance to hear probably the best sounding theatre organ in the PNW, Saturday March 14th at 2pm. If you are in the Portland area, come and listen for free!
#TheatreOrgan #PipeOrgan #PDX

Buttons... So Many Buttons! (And Switches and Knobs) Playing a theatre pipe organ inherently requires keeping track of a lot of things simultaneously - with many controls such as stop tabs to select what sounds play, thumb pi...

Buttons… So Many Buttons! (And Switches and Knobs) - All the details about the Organ Grinder's Lighting and Effects panel: www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/buttons... #organgrinder #theatreorgan

March 14th, 2026 – 10:00am & 2:00pm Last Chance to Play and Hear the Cleveland High School Kimball Pipe Organ Saturday, March 14th, 2026Private CRTOS Open Console 10am-12pmPublic Short Convert 2pm Cleveland High School3400 SE 26th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97202 Those of you Portlanders who remember the Portland Organ Grinder restaurant will want to see and hear this event. This marks the last public performance on this instrument before it's removal.

So very sad to see this instrument go away.

#PDX #PipeOrgan #TheatreOrgan #ClevelandHighSchool

Last Chance to Play and Hear the Cleveland High School Kimball Last Chance to Play and Hear the Cleveland High School Kimball Pipe Organ Saturday, March 14th, 2026 Private CRTOS Open Console 10am-12pm Public Short Convert 2pm Cleveland High School 3400 SE 26th…

Very sad to see this go away.

#PDX #TheatreOrgan #PipeOrgan #ClevelandHighSchool

Last Chance to Play and Hear the Cleveland High School Kimball www.crtos.org/events/last-...

The Cameraman (1928) The Cameraman (1928) Saturday, March 28th, 2026 – 2:00pm The Hollywood Theatre 4122 North East Sandy Portland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score li…

The Cameraman (1928) www.crtos.org/events/the-c...

#SilentFilm #TheatreOrgan #HollywoodTheatre #PipeOrganPictures #SilentMovie

Very sad to see this go. Come hear it one last time March 14th at 2pm.

#pipeorgan #TheatreOrgan

Historic theater organ at Cleveland High School seeks new home ahead of demolition A theater organ that has been housed in the Cleveland High School auditorium since the early 1990s will soon be removed as the school undergoes a modernization project.

KPTV News: Historic theater organ at Cleveland High School seeks new home ahead of demolition - www.kptv.com/2026/03/03/h... (The Organ Grinder documentary project contributed footage to this piece.) #theatreorgan #organgrinder

Bonus Extra: Don Feely performs "Powerhouse" at Organ Grinder Portland - youtu.be/pvcnRYWGcP0 #organgrinder #theatreorgan

The Call of the Capitan - John Ledwon and the Multiple Mighty Wurlitzers John Ledwon is a music educator, theatre organ enthusiast, and experienced performer. We caught up with John (no easy feat, as he often commutes between Henderson, NV and Los Angeles) in November duri...

The Call of the Capitan – John Ledwon and the Multiple Mighty Wurlitzers - www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/the-cal... #theatreorgan #organgrinder #elcapitan

When Portland Had a Pizza Palace With a Pipe Organ the Size of a House There are some places that fade quietly into history. And then there are places that refuse to die because too many people still remember exactly how they sounded. I was born in 1981, which means I

When Portland Had a Pizza Palace With a Pipe Organ the Size of a House
thatoregonlife.com/2026/02/orga...
#PDX #PipeOrgan #OrganGrinder #TheatreOrgan

Two Monumental Legacies – Jeff Baas, The Kenosha Theatre, and Ray Shepardson - youtu.be/CzASNbm-4Kw - An Organ Grinder Documentary Project Special Feature @kenoshatheater.bsky.social #moviepalace #organgrinder #theatreorgan

Organs... In... Spaaace! - The Making of "Space Organ" (With the recent relaunch of The Muppet Show, the article title seemed appropriate. For those who don't get the joke, here's the reference.) In the late 1970s, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Superhero...

ORGANS... IN... SPAAACE! – The Making of "Space Organ" - www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/organs-... #theatreorgan #organgrinder

The Man In-Demand - Keeping Up with Dave Moreno Dave Moreno describes himself as an organ technician, organist, designer, and builder. Top photo: Dave working on the console of the Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse's Wurlitzer-Morton organ in Fair O...

The Man In-Demand - Keeping Up with Dave Moreno - www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/the-man... #theatreorgan #organgrinder

Leaping from Keyboard to Keyboard - The Many Musical Moves of Rik DeRose During our Southwest Road Trip, we passed through Palm Springs, stopping in to interview Rik DeRose. Rik shared some amazing stories from his musical career, ranging from a stint as a "pipe organ & pi...

Leaping from Keyboard to Keyboard – The Many Musical Moves of Rik DeRose - www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/leaping... #theatreorgan #organgrinder #yeoldepizzajoynt

Martin and the Mystery Men While visiting the Phoenix area during our Southwest Road Trip in November, we interviewed Martin Meier, who has a fascinating story about how he came to acquire the Denver Organ Grinder instrument, a...

Martin and the Mystery Men - Just what happened in Denver? www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/martin-... #organgrinder #theatreorgan

In Ye Beginning Over the years, over 100 restaurants with theatre pipe organs were established, most of them pizza restaurants. But where was the very first pizza restaurant to have a pipe organ? How did this all ...

In Ye Beginning - The one that started it all - Ye Olde Pizza Joynt! - www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/in-ye-b... #organgrinder #theatreorgan

Our second organ concert at #BeverleyMinster; a Christmas Organ Spectacular with dual organists! #RobertPoyser on the minster #pipeorgan and #LewisScott on #theatreorgan.

A great programme, and 1 of 2 Xmas organ concerts we’re attending this month.

#PipeOrgan #TheatreOrgan #JonasNordwall #Portland #Christmas
https://spectra.video/w/4mgX6YT4QN7sg5bsv9HTcG (2/2)

#TheatreOrgan #PipeOrgan #Portland
https://spectra.video/w/wYDLHJ8C5TkTGAtX7fW8Cd (2/2)

Photo shows the illuminated terra cotta facing with marquee of the historic Hollywood Theatre built in 1926 in Portland Oregon.

The crowd seemed to really enjoy it. This was our last film for the year. We'll be back in February with another film.
#TheatreOrgan, #PipeOrganPictures, #Portland, #PDX, #HollywoodTheatre, #HollywoodTheatrePortland, #Metropolis, #SilentFilm, (2/2)

Blacklight! John Ledwon at the console at Old Town Music Hall. #organgrinder #theatreorgan

Inspecting the setup for today’s shoot at Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo, CA, where we interviewed organist John Ledwon. John performs at the El Capitan in Hollywood. He talked about putting pipe organs back in to restored movie palaces, bringing our story full-circle. #organgrinder #theatreorgan

Setting up to film at the legendary Bandrika Studios earlier today to interview film composer and pipe organ enthusiast Nathan Barr. Assisting is my friend Kate Holdaway who I’m happy to work with again since her move to Hollywood! #theatreorgan #organgrinder

A Bittersweet Melody Echoes Through the Theatre Last week, the documentary's Southwest Road Trip commenced. The first stop on that journey was a somewhat solemn affair, despite being a visit to what is normally a location created to be beautiful...

A Bittersweet Melody Echoes Through the Theatre - A pilgrimage to The Egyptian: www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/a-bitte... #organgrinder #egyptiantheatre #theatreorgan

Phantom of the Opera (1925) at The Strand with live theater organ accompaniment #silentmovie #strandtheatre #theatreorgan #theaterorgan #lonchaney

At The Strand theater for 1927's "College" (Buster Keaton) with live Theatre Organ accompaniment. #silentmovie #busterkeaton #busterkeatoncollege #theaterorgan #theatreorgan #strandtheatre

Do Go In the Basement! Last Wednesday, we spent the whole day with Fred Hermes, Jr. at the “Basement Bijou” - a private home in Racine, WI, which notably features a movie palace, complete with balcony, in the basement - it ...

Do Go in the Basement! Meet Fred Hermes, Jr. and the "Basement Bijou" - www.pipedreamsfilm.com/blog/do-go-i... #theatreorgan #organgrinder