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Pioneer theatre operator W.D. Gross installed this Kimball Organ in his Coliseum Theatre on South Franklin Street in 1928.  It was moved to the 20^th Century Theatre on Front Street around 1939.  The organ fell into disuse and was sold to Letha and Miles Remley in 1970.  In 1967 The organ was donated to the Alaska State Museum.  $30,000 was raised through the “Save the Organ” committee (including $10,000 from the Lilly Foundation facilitated by Senator Mike Gravel) under the leadership of Mrs. Connie Boochever, and the organ was shipped to Seattle for restoration by Balcom and Vaughan, successors to the company that originally sold the organ.  Read More