showers around. not completely dry. some showers around but a lot of fine weather showers around but a lot of fine weather in showers around but a lot of fine weather in the forecast. back to you before the days of surround sound and booming speakers, music and sound effects in the cinema came from an organ played live in the theatre to accompany silent films. inevitably, as the grand picture palaces closed, many of the organs fell into disrepair. but now, a charity in south wales has started a collection to preserve them. here s our wales correspondent tomos morgan. the cinema organiser being raised back to life once more. for in the music palace in an old travel in south wales is his pipe organ, one of three electric versions of the instruments. it is a museum and performance all. but why build a collection here? it performance all. but why build a collection here? performance all. but why build a collection here? it doesn t matter where ou collection here? it doesn t matter
for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. before the days of surround sound and booming speakers, music and sound effects in the cinema came from an organ played live in the theatre to accompany silent films. well, inevitably, as the grand picture palaces closed, many of the organs fell into disrepair but now, a charity in south wales has started a collection to preserve them. here s our wales correspondent, tomos morgan. this cinema organ, being raised back to life once more.
of what was once a key part of going to the pictures. with all its bells and whistles, the cinema organ was the earliest version of the modern day synthesizer. now, with silent films seeing a resurgence, its time to shine has come once again. it s a valid medium. they ve never really been out of date. i mean, all the subtle nuances to, you know, for a love scene or a drama scene or whatever, you craft. it s a craft in its own right. with a full list of performances already scheduled for the rest of the year, what s the future for this treasure trove in the rhondda valley? we ve got far too many organs and they take up a lot of room, as you ve seen, so we ve actually purchased a similar chapel at the other end of the street, and it s our intention to put four further pipe organs in there. and there s a spectacle. you just can t quite beat
it sounds like something out of a children s book a seal taking up residence in a family s home but that s what happened in new zealand. this is the moment the creature was discovered exploring the house, which is about 150 metres from the sea, after squeezing through the cat flap. after posing for some photos, the seal who s been named oscar was collected by conservation officers and returned to the ocean. before the days of surround sound and booming speakers, music and sound effects in the cinema came from an organ played live in the theatre to accompany silent films. inevitably, as the grand picture palaces closed, many of the organs fell into disrepair but now, a charity in south wales has started a collection to preserve them. here s our wales correspondent, tomos morgan.
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