The Geneva Organ Company was an American manufacturer of
pipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ''ranks ...
s.
During the age of
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
s, the company was a small but notable maker of
theatre organ
A theatre organ (also known as a theater organ, or, especially in the United Kingdom, a cinema organ) is a type of pipe organ developed to accompany silent films, from the 1900s to the 1920s.
Theatre organs have horseshoe-shaped arrangements o ...
s. It produced organs under various names, including ''Geneva Organs'', ''Smith Unit Organs'', and ''Smith-Geneva Organs''.
Some Geneva organs that still exist in public venues include a 2-
manual
Manual may refer to:
Instructions
* User guide
* Owner's manual
* Instruction manual (gaming)
* Online help
Other uses
* Manual (music), a keyboard, as for an organ
* Manual (band)
* Manual transmission
* Manual, a bicycle technique similar to ...
organ at the Palace Theatre in
Luverne, Minnesota,
and a 3-manual organ at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles Illinois.
References
External links
Theatre Organ HistorySearch the Organ Database
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Pipe organ building companies
Defunct companies based in Illinois
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States