Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1220, 1950
University of Virginia
University Chapel
145 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA, US
15 Ranks - 880 Pipes
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal13 Stops13 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCombination Thumb Piston(s)Coupler Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Setterboard
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Bob Moody. -- The console material was oak and the trim boards that held the pistons must have shrunk slightly, because if you released a piston by letting your thumb slide off rather than letting it out gently the entire piston would fly out of the organ and go behind the bench. I wedged paper around each button's surround back in 1961, and guess that it held to this day. The impression of this organ was that of a very large Aeolian Skinner but from a fair distance. A faculty member (professor of Greek) played the complete works of Bach on this organ one year and the complete works of Franck another year. From the stoplist you wouldn't think this possible, but it was.
Database Manager on June 10th, 2008:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Replaced 1921 three manual M.P. Möller, #3060; extant; unaltered.
Webpage Links: Opus 1220: University of Virginia - Chapel
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