Liberty Theatre - 2/ Wurlitzer
Spokane, Washington
Riverside Ave.
Organ installation timeframe: 1914-1946
 
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Liberty Theatre, c.1940

The Liberty Theatre originally had a two-manual Wurlitzer, opus 50, installed in 1914.   Don Isham and Francis Specht were organists at the Liberty in 1926.   In 1946, the organ was moved by Balcom & Vaughan to the Rollerbowl Rink in Seattle.   Tragically, the organ was lost in a fire at the rink in 1951.

 
According to detailed notes provided by Bill Bunch and Charles Wassberg, in 1946, the original Chrysoglott from the Liberty Wurlitzer, which had been installed in Bill's home organ, was added to Seattle's Central Lutheran Church organ. It was later removed and sold in the 1984 timeframe.
 
Jean Anthony Greif was an organist at the Liberty.
 
The piano from this instrument was purchased by Bob Burke of Portland and was part of his residence organ.
 

Riverside Ave, Liberty Theatre on left, c.1939
 

c.1946
 

Postcard view of the Liberty Theatre, date unknown