“Coming Home Again: A 1925 Wurlitzer Pipe Organ’s Grand Debut” will celebrate the iconic instrument that served as the voice of silent films by returning it to that role. More than four years later, audiences will finally get their eyes and ears on the Wurlitzer at a red-carpet fundraiser taking place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Milwaukee Film adopted that sensible approach in its efforts to revive a 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ and now has the finish line in sight.īack in 2019, the organization announced that it secured the instrument with the aid of Jeff Weiler, president of pipe-organ restoration experts JL Weiler Inc.
When you’re restoring an instrument that’s nearly a century old, it doesn’t make a heck of a lot of sense to rush the project.
