nytos.org
Dedicated to preserving the theatre pipe organ in the greater New York Metropolitan Area. NYTOS is one of over 65 chapters in the American Theatre Organ Society. Formed in 1955, the American Theatre Organ Society today has over 5000 members. At both the national and local levels, these members work to preserve the organs and their theatres, and promote theatre organ performances.

The Organs
The Lafayette Theatre
The Middleton Paramount
Long Island University
New York Military Academy
Bardavon Opera House
Chaminade High School
Hempstead House

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Contact Info
NYTOS
178 Dunn Drive
Montgomery, NY 12549-1302

Remember the Mighty Wurlizter
Few wonders of the movie palace brought more shivery pleasure to audiences than the Mighty Wurlitzer. Part one-man band, part symphony orchestra, part sound-effects department, the Wurlitzer was one of the most versatile instruments ever devised by man...if it rose up out of the orchestra pit at intermission with a roar that made the marrow dance in one's bones, if the rows of colored stop-tabs, lit by hidden lights, arched like a rainbow above the flawless dental work of the keyboards—if it could imitate anything from a brass band to a Ford horn to a choir of angels—gee, Dad, it was a Wurlitzer. (From The Best Remaining Seats by Ben Hall.)