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Hello. I am, I suspect, something of a rarity. I am fascinated in the ambiance and history of derelict places. Largely, I suspect, this is because I myself am a derelict place! I am disabled, and I fear that my urb-exing is not going to come to much. 
So, to the request. Those of you who have visited churches or cinemas - particularly Odeon or Gaumont, or indeed any of the (once) large chains - many had cinema organs, and I wonder how much of the pipework is walled up still in sitting on the windchests either side of the stage? In some of the photographs, it is obvious that the panels are still there. These were nothing more than a gauze painted the same colour as the walls behind which were the organ pipes.
So, I would be very interested to see photographs, of either church organs, (I used to be one!) or cinema organs. (I played for a while at the Dome Brighton.
Well, I hope to post some of my own stuff - but getting out and about is really difficult these days.
I consider myself very fortunate to have found this site, and clearly, fromt the care and attention taken with the photography, it is obvious that many here have a real sense of feeling for these old places.
Perhaps you will not think it too forward of me if I thank you. You have brought me a great deal of pleasure.
(And if any of you happen to be Amateur Radio enthusiasts, 73's de M0RKF)
So, to the request. Those of you who have visited churches or cinemas - particularly Odeon or Gaumont, or indeed any of the (once) large chains - many had cinema organs, and I wonder how much of the pipework is walled up still in sitting on the windchests either side of the stage? In some of the photographs, it is obvious that the panels are still there. These were nothing more than a gauze painted the same colour as the walls behind which were the organ pipes.
So, I would be very interested to see photographs, of either church organs, (I used to be one!) or cinema organs. (I played for a while at the Dome Brighton.
Well, I hope to post some of my own stuff - but getting out and about is really difficult these days.
I consider myself very fortunate to have found this site, and clearly, fromt the care and attention taken with the photography, it is obvious that many here have a real sense of feeling for these old places.
Perhaps you will not think it too forward of me if I thank you. You have brought me a great deal of pleasure.
(And if any of you happen to be Amateur Radio enthusiasts, 73's de M0RKF)
