page_title: Troxy
section_title: The Troxy organ
hierarchical_section_title: Troxy / The Troxy organ
caption_attribution_description: English: The Troxy Wurlitzer
context_page_description: Troxy is a Grade II-listed Art Deco music venue on Commercial Road in Stepney, London. Built as a cinema in 1933, it closed in 1960 and became a training school for the London Opera Centre. In the 1980s the building was used as a bingo hall, and the Troxy was converted to a live events space in 2006. The building is considered a vital part of East London's history and was Grade II listed in 1990. It has a capacity of 3,100.
context_section_description: One of the unique attractions of Troxy is its Wurlitzer organ, the largest Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in Europe, which was restored to its original condition in 2015 as the culmination of a six-year project at a cost of £275,000.
  The Wurlitzer has 1,728 pipes measuring between 16 feet (4.9 m) to 1 inch (25 mm) and is housed in four separate rooms. It has four keyboards, one pedal board and 241 stop keys.
  The organ was originally in the Trocadero Cinema in Elephant and Castle, the sister theatre of Troxy, which opened in 1930. It was much larger than the original Wurlitzer at Troxy, which did not survive intact after the venue closed as cinema. The Trocadero was pulled down in 1963 but the organ had been purchased by the Cinema Organ Society three years previously and escaped the demolition. It was announced it was being moved to Troxy in 2009, bringing the instrument back to the sort of venue it was originally designed for.
  Rated as one of the finest in the world, the Wurlitzer's console can be moved around inside Troxy depending on the occasion. The use of the Wurlitzer is offered to anyone using the venue for their function, and special events are held so people can hear it played.
caption: The Troxy Wurlitzer console
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