ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
From: Jerry Nagano, April, 2003
Just got back from the Pizza Joynt.
(April 27, 2003-San Lorenzo, CA) The fire that
destroyed the dinning room of the historic Ye Olde
Pizza Joynt on Hesperian Blvd. started in the oven
flue around 10:30pm, Saturday April 26th. Since the
restaurant closes at 10pm on weekends, the general
public was not in the dinning room at the time. The
closing manager tried to extinguish the flames with a
portable extinguisher, while the crew called 911. The
fire quickly grew out of control and everyone quickly
exited through the back door as the fire department
arrived.
Damage was confined to the kitchen and dining room
area. The most severe damage was the kitchen, being
closest to the oven and flue where the fire started.
The glass divider near the front door helped shield
the front part of the dining room from the heat that
severely damaged the historic back bar and Carsten's
prize clock that kept date and time so accurately. It
was one of his favorites.
While it was difficult to see without the electric
lights it was obvious the console was badly smoke
damaged; the stop keys melted away, the finish
blistered and black. The drums, sleigh bells, and
liberty gongs also had smoke damage. The accordion
and the Tangley calliope are a total loss. What about
the pipe chamber you're asking by now!!
It appears that the solid wood shades and unbroken
glass viewing window kept most of the smoke in the
dinning room. Ed Stout and Dick Taylor were already
there taking inventory of the organ and removing the
pipework.
The 13 ranks of pipes all appear to be fine. I
haven't heard anything about immediate plans. Ed
Stout was going to speak with Carsten Jr. this
afternoon about the organ and
the new manager, Ed Fierro was busy securing the
building and working out arrangements to meet
with the insurance adjusters.
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The 2 manual console was originally right in front of the chamber.
When the 3 manual console from the San Francisco Warfield Theatre was added,
the console moved to the side of the restaurant in its present location.
Through the years various additions include the 16" Solo Tibia from the
California Theatre (State) San Francisco.
It eventually grew to 13 ranks. {W=Wurlitzer K=Kimball M=Moller]
Post Horn (M)
Brass Trumpet (W)
Tuba Horn (K)
Open Diapason (W)
Tibia (W)
Violin & Celeste (W)
Gamba (W)
Clarinet (W)
Orch. Oboe (W)
Kinura (W)
Flute (W)
Vox Humana (W)