If The Simpsons was a silent film, the theme song would have sounded something like this. In the days before sound in movies, the scores and sound effects for films were provided by massive multi-timbral instruments like this Kimball Theatre Organ, which now lives at Studio Bell in Calgary. Using an electro-pneumatic system, this theatre organ allows a single player to control drums, whistles, pipes, and an entire orchestra of sounds all from one keyboard. See it in action playing some classics

3.2K views · 157 reactions | Did you know that The Chicago Theatre is one of the very few theatres in the world with its original Wurlitzer organ still in place? go.msg.com/ChiMarqueeTour (: Alex Pennacchia) | The Chicago Theatre | Facebook

2.1K views · 83 reactions | Dr. Steven Ball plays the Kimball organ in the Adrian Phillips Theater for the annual Host Awards & Spirit of Hospitality Award dinner. | Pipe Organs of Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City | Facebook

Share the love of music with your fam this #LabourDay long weekend! #StudioBell, home of the National Music Centre, is open all weekend from 10 am to 5 pm, including Monday, September 4! Public tours with admission, and the famous Kimball Theatre Organ demonstration every day at 3pm. Details: studiobell.ca/visit Song: Jess Knights | National Music Centre | Centre National de Musique