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Details of Empire Theatre, Hertford Street, Coventry, England

Corn Exchange, Coventry, England

Building History
1856Built as “Corn Exchange”
1906Rebuilt as “Empire Theatre”
1933Rebuilt after fire
1969Renamed “A.B.C. Empire”
1971Closed and demolished
Organ History
1884Moved to Vine Street Chapel (Congregational), Coventry, England by H. W. Hewitt of Leicester
Sources
The Musical Times 493

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1929

Organ History
1929Built by Standaart

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1933

Organ History
1933Built by Compton

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List of Organists
1935Lewis Gerard (1908-1995)
1939Harold Hunt (1901-)
1943-44Hubert Cooter (1904-)