Nigel Ogden's Organ Collection
Get more details about some of the iconic organs featured during the programme.
Nigel Ogden with The Manchester Gaumont story part 2
Nigel Ogden with The Manchester Gaumont story part 2
The Gaumont Cinema Wurlitzer in Manchester
Opened in 1935, the Gaumont Wurlitzer in Manchester was one of the best in the UK.
Paramount Manchester Part 2
Nigel talks us through the organs move to the Free Trade Hall Manchester
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The Paramount Manchester Part 1
The Paramount Manchester opened on October the 6th 1930
The Empress Wurlitzer moves to Manchester
The Empress Wurlitzer moves to Manchester
The Empress Ballroom Wurlitzer's final days
The final days of the Wurlitzer in the Empress Ballroom
The Empress Ballroom Wurlitzer Part 2
The Empress Ballroom Wurlitzer Part 2
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The story begins with Reginald Dixon, The Empress Wurlitzer in its first home, Blackpool's famous Tower Ballroom in 1929
The Empress Wurlitzer in its first home, Blackpool's famous Tower Ballroom in 1929
Reginald Foort's Touring Moller Organ
In the 1930s, Reginald Foort created a touring pipe organ, and visited theatres UK-wide.
The Moller comes to London
In 1946 the BBC bought the five manual Möller outright and it became the BBC Theatre Organ
Nigel Ogden talks about the Moller in San Diego
Nigel Ogden talks about the Moller in San Diego
The Moller arrives in Pasadena
The Moller arrives in Pasadena
