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, w ...
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 ...
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
An owner's manual (also called an instruction manual or a user guide) is an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer ...
organ at the Palace Theatre in
Luverne, Minnesota
Luverne () is a city in Rock County, Minnesota, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 4,946 at the 2020 census. It is one of four towns profiled in the 2007 Ken Burns documentary '' The War''. It is the main setting for the s ...
,
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