Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1355, 1961
Mars Hill College
Moore Auditorium
79 Cascade Street
Mars Hill, NC, US
61 Ranks - 3,719 Pipes
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions45 Stops61 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)Coupler Thumb Piston(s)Coupler Toe Piston(s)Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The fairly live auditorium seats 1,700 and is named after a former longtime school president. The school became Mars Hill University in August 2013.
Database Manager on June 3rd, 2012:
Updated through online information from John D. Psychas II.
Database Manager on June 28th, 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:
Dedication recital played by David Craighead on October 13, 1961; mechanically overhauled by David Whittier in 1985; nomenclature of stops changed; extant; unaltered.
Webpage Links: Opus 1355: Mars Hill College
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