Restoring the Wonder at the United Palace

Restoring the Wonder at the United Palace This page celebrates the current restoration, history, and music of "Mort," the last original Robert-Morton "Wonder" theatre pipe organ.

Celebrating the current restoration, history, and music of "Mort," the last original Robert-Morton "Wonder" theatre pipe organ located at the United Place Theatre (Formerly Loews 175th). The United Palace of Cultural Arts and the New York Theatre Organ Society are currently raising $1,000,000 to restore its 86-year-old, one-of-a-kind, and historically significant Robert-Morton “Wonder” Theatre Org

an. After years of water damage and a small fire, the organ has become entirely unplayable. Our efforts will make this grand and thunderous instrument playable again so it will serve as the only remaining, consistently used theatre organ in New York City and stand as a tool to help educate audiences and future musicians.

04/16/2026

Enjoy this latest update from the project!

11/19/2025

If all goes well, we should hear a few more ranks back on the Wonder on December 14th! Here's an update on the restoration work from the New York Theatre Organ Society. Thank you to all who donated to the Wonder Morton campaign!

Last chance to help! Only 11 days left to help out the United Palace Wonder Morton project next phase, bringing a few mo...
11/04/2025

Last chance to help! Only 11 days left to help out the United Palace Wonder Morton project next phase, bringing a few more ranks back online. If you are able and haven't donated yet, please consider helping the campaign so even more of the organ can come back online before the holiday season! We've exceeded our goal already, but more donations would be fantastic and means more of the organ can get finished. Thank you all for your help!

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07/23/2025
09/26/2024

This weekend!! You won’t want to miss this exclusive preview of the milestones the project has hit!

09/16/2024

Come see what all the noise is about (literally) as we celebrate and provide an update on the Wonder Morton Restoration. Tickets help support the ongoing restoration efforts.

More updates on our blog! Mort is starting to take shape once again.
02/22/2024

More updates on our blog! Mort is starting to take shape once again.

Wonder Fans, More updates! We had an amazing quarter working on the great Wonder Morton. My father and I joined forces once again with Dan Rousseau and Grant Chapman and took more huge strides cleaning and assembling more of the Solo chamber. The 16’ Diaphone and Tuba are completely clean, and the...

It’s in the historic details
08/05/2023

It’s in the historic details

The soul of the United Palace Theatre needs your help! We're currently raising funds for Phase 3 of the Wonder Morton re...
03/21/2023

The soul of the United Palace Theatre needs your help! We're currently raising funds for Phase 3 of the Wonder Morton restoration. Please consider helping us get a few ranks back in the Wonder this year. This important and original part of cinematic history is coming back to life. We can't do it without you! Check out our Kindest page for more information.

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