The Aeolian Co.
Opus 1785, 1932
Duke University
Chapel
401 Chapel Drive
Durham, NC, US
Instrument ID: 5545 ● Builder ID: 51 ● Location ID: 3245
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Builder: The Aeolian Co.
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on February 14th, 2011:
Updated through online information from John Santoianni. -- The original console is currently in the Biddle Music Building on Duke's East Campus.
Updated through online information from John Santoianni. -- The original console is currently in the Biddle Music Building on Duke's East Campus.
Database Manager on June 21st, 2009:
Updated through online information from David Ritch. -- The organ was removed and completely reconditioned by Foley-Baker, Inc. All of the past alterations were documented and researched in order to return the organ to the original Aeolian scheme. However, the original four manual console was deemed beyond preservation and was replaced by a new one in a similar style, built by Richard Houghten. One new rank was added to the organ; the 8- Festival Trumpet. It was rededicated on February 8, 2009 as the Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon Organ.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Antiphonal division was removed in 1975. Altered 1948 by Aeolian-Skinner. Restoration in 1993-2001 by Norman Ryan. 2001 specifications, 81 stops, 102 ranks.
Webpage Links: Duke University Organs , Duke Chapel
Related Instrument Entries: Norman Ryan (1993) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1159, 1948) , Foley-Baker Inc. (Opus -2, 2008)
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