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Pizza & Pipes Restaurant - 3/17 Wurlitzer
Bellevue, Washington
Organ installation timeframe: 1977 - 1992
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The Bellevue Pizza & Pipes restaurant was operated by Jack & Betty Laffaw. Betty's brother was Bill Breuer who owned several other organ-equipped pizza parlors in the Northwest.
The organ was a Style 260 originally from the Academy of Music Theater in New York City. Jack Laffaw and Bill Carson rebuilt the organ prior to installation at the restaurant.
When notice was given in 1992 that the restaurant would have to be torn down to make way for a street extension accommodating the Bellevue Convention Center, PSTOS members Greg Smith, Russ Evans and Jerry Gould operated the restaurant for 18 months. After the restaurant closed, Russ and Greg moved the organ to the Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho near Cour d'Alene.
Photos courtesy Jim Stettner 2005
Article from Journal American, March 10, 1992. Russ Evans collection. Click for a larger version.
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From The Console magazine V17 No.12 Dec 1979, pp1.
BREUER SELLS BAY AREA PIZZA PARLORS; KEEPS THOSE IN WASHINGTON
Sale of the three Capn's Galley and the Serra Monte Pizza Parlors by W. E. Breuer to Robert Anderson was learned late this month. Complete details of the transaction were not available at press time, but it was disclosed that the two pizza parlors owned by Breuer in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, were not included in the sale.
The four pizza restaurants included in the sale are located in Redwood City, Santa Clara, Campbell and in South San Francisco, California.
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Article from Journal American, March 10, 1992. Russ Evans collection. Click for a larger version.