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MarlinMackley
MarlinMackley commented about Warner Theatre on Dec 2, 2007 at 6:51 pm

For those interested, the Robert Morton organ in the Memphis Warner Theatre was a 2m/14r, which made it the largest t/o, by rank count, in Memphis theatres. I aquired the bits from the Oberg estate, and still have a few pieces. Bill found the organ ravaged by water damage and scavangers, and salvaged only three partial string bass octaves, one 7 r unit chest, a monster 16' Tuba, and a few Kinura pipes. He had a bad photo of the inside of the theatre, but I never found it.

MarlinMackley
MarlinMackley commented about Fox Theatre on Apr 4, 2005 at 8:34 pm

After Jim Grebe asked my several questions about the Fox I decided to have a look myself at your site, and I am impressed! I worked on the Fox Wurlitzer for 20 years 2 months and watched the restoration of the theater from before the work started. I am really busy at the moment but as time permits I would be happy to share many of the hundreds of photos of the building and organ, and also stories of the restoration. I hope to soon have my web career history up and running on my web site, www.studio4-17.com , which will have some of the Fox stuff on it. I am also in the early stages of writing a book on the project, but that will have to wait for my first book to be finished.
Keep up the good work!
Marlin Mackley