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Gem Theatre - 2/ Kimball
Great Falls, Montana
118 Central Ave.
Organ installation timeframe: 1911 -
 
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The Gem Theatre opened in 1911 following rennovation of the space previously operating as the Orpheum. A two-manual Kimball organ was installed in 1911. The organ was installed by R.P. Hoffman of Spokane WA.
 
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Great Falls Daily Tribune, June 24, 1911
 
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Opening ad in the Great Falls Daily Tribune, June 25, 1911. "Come and Hear Our $3,000 Pipe Organ."
 
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News item in the Great Falls Daily Tribune, July 9, 1911. Organist A.D. Scammel of Spokane visits the Gem Theatre in July 1911.
 
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Motography, July 1911. Note mention of pipe organ installation.
 
The Gem Theatre pipe organ is listed in a 1913 Kimball Pipe Organs catalog. The Gem Theatre is not included in Junchen opus lists or OHS Pipe Organ Database.
 
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Great Falls Daily Tribune, February 17, 1913
 
Roscoe Kernan is listed as organist at the Gem Theatre in February, 1913.
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