ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
From: Jon C. Habermaas, March 1999
The Avalon Organ did not leave the theatre as an intact instrument. I
visited the theatre in the late fifties and the console, pipe work
percussions, and blower were gone, but all the chest work, regulators,
and relay was still in the chambers. Since the only access was through
small trap doors I imagine whoever purchased the organ got out what they
could through those openings and left the rest. Ironically a lone Howard
Seat was still standing on the organ lift, which the theatre manager
allowed me to liberate for ten bucks. I used it for years on my basement
Robert Morton hybrid for as long as I had the organ. Since that time
the organ chambers have been cleaned out, so someone was able to
scrap out the rest. Another sad tale of the fate of a fine instrument.