LOSE YOUR MIND - KIMBALL THEATRE ORGAN

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Vancouver's Sumner Brothers have a tenacious DIY attitude that is truly rivaled by few; whether they are slapping signage on busy thoroughfares or offsetting their nightclub gigs with heartwarming house shows -- whenever the Sumners blow into your town, people take notice. For that very reason, their concept for this session was, for us, a sneak attack of sorts. In paraphrase they said: 'we've got a song and we want to play it in front of the historic Kimball Organ at the Cantos Foundation this weekend'. Taking into consideration that we hadn't released, let alone filmed a video in quite some time -- this was, for us, time to get back on the wagon.

For the song, Lose Your Mind, you see Brian and Bob Sumner joined by Brandon Smith -- a resident Cantos historian. His way with the keys had us endlessly entertained with renditions of various Mario Bros themes in between takes. As for the brothers, they were on the backswing of their cross-Canada tour in support of their spring release, I love you, Smile.

During the silent movie era and into the early 1930s, theatre organs were built in large numbers in the US and (fewer) in the United Kingdom. As in a traditional pipe organ, a theatre organ operates on pneumatics: When depressed, a key sends a signal for a valve to open in a tube and allows a puff of air to engage the instrument. A blower generates the airflow, and the large bellows fill with air.

Cantos' theatre organ, built by Kimball in 1924, features marimbas, drums, chimes, a bird whistle and more instruments all built into one. It was first installed in St. Helen's Theatre in Chehalis, Washington, then in a theatre in Seattle. Next it was transferred to the Fox Theatre in Victoria, then to Vancouver, and finally to Carol Otto in St. Albert, Alberta. There it served as her private practice instrument. Mrs. Otto donated this amazing instrument to Cantos in 2001.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• cantos
• theatre organ masks
• birds
• Chad VanGaalen
• Wooden Sky
• Head and Heart
• Pink Mountaintops

[TheUntamedOne]

You guys just keep doing great stuff! Thanks for sharing it.

[dp1c]

WOW, truly talented. Nice job! Penny Lane DP1C, Droolboy Productions. 1996-2011.

[gofuserect]

great !

[sarahmariedom]

Also, you sound like the type that wouldn't be too bothered if you knew the person wearing the mask was Native American. Am I right? It's a cool, chill song and the mask is a great touch.

[sarahmariedom]

rrrina: What? You think the dude in the movie plucked the feathers from a live bird just to make a mask? You do realize that birds die of natural causes and fashioning a mask from their feathers is possibly the most noble way to honor them... Also. Get real.

[kittycatblack]

I would have liked this more if you wore a whole suit of feathers :P

[rrrina]

Music is nice, but I'm not sure why you feel the need to wear the feathers of a dead bird on your faces. Cruel.

[bluekaboo44]

This is oh so lovely.

[paulj0557]

@Aincircle I have ten organs and live in a basement with 4, two on loan, and 4 in a storage unit I go play after closing. Wurlitzer 4500 is an awesome!!!!! organ!!!!! Don't need tons of money just a love of music. Written 100+ songs on a 4 string acoustic guitar with the D and high E off. Tune F#,C#,C#,F#. Your vocal note makes that open fat 5th a chord ( hence a key) now you are on your way. Press a fret. Boom you've got an orchestra right on your lap. Music is life.

[a2zUnertmind]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! :)