There I was in the spotlight, riding the massive red and gold theater pipe organ console up out of the orchestra pit. A thousand people behind me waiting to watch a silent film starring the great Buster Keaton, the action accompanied by the grand organ.
Does anybody remember the old, turn of the century song, The Lost Chord? The words go, "My fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys."
Right in the middle of a mighty organ sforzando, the blower that supplies the air to the pipes died. My fingers wandered frantically over the silent keys. Nary a sound came forth.
A newspaper review of the show said, "Mr. Martin's organ lost its air."
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