Reviving Hollywood glamor of the silent movie era, experts piece together a century-old pipe organ

Reviving Hollywood glamor of the silent movie era, experts piece together a century-old pipe organ

DETROIT — A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit’s ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands of pieces and stashed away. The Barton Opus, built in 1927, spent four decades stored in a garage, attic and basement in suburban Detroit. … Read more