At long last, David Bottom of Lexington Kentucky was able to visit the Strand.   David is one of the few theatre organ technicians with experience on Louisville Pipe Organs.   He has been a supporter of our project and helped us in many ways.    His knowledge of the Louisville company and understanding of how they did things will be valuable as we rebuild our organ.    David has found many "pieces and parts" for our project that are extrememly scarce.   In addition to being a meticulous organ technician, David is an expert on safes and their construction.   We still have our safe in the theatre.   It is heavy (1000 pounds) and we don’t quite know what to do with it.   David is helping us with that too.

David was one of the participants in our acquisition of the Louisville Pipe Organ originally installed in the Oriental Theatre in Indianapolis.   In his many trips to this area, he has yet to visit the Strand.   That was finally rectified on June 30, 2008.   We appreciate David’s help and his interest in our project.

Along with the Strand, David is a principle in the restoration of the Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ from the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington.   You can visit his project at http://www.kywurlitzer.com/