The Aeolian Co.
Opus 1334, 1915

Princeton University

Procter Hall (Graduate College Dining Hall)

Princeton, NJ, US

64 Ranks - 3,941 Pipes - 5 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 58584 ● Builder ID: 51 ● Location ID: 404
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  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
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  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
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8' English
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  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Notes: Geigen Principal
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  • Position: Other
  • Notes: Clarabella or Melodia
  • Notes: Old style Stopped Diapason
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  • Position: In a Gallery-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
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16' CH
16' SW
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16' with Antiph
16' ANT
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Builder: The Aeolian Co.
Position: Unknown
Design: Other
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal5 Divisions57 Stops60 Registers✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Slanted Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Jeff Scofield on April 15th, 2025:
According to THE AEOLIAN PIPE ORGAN AND ITS MUSIC, by Rollin Smith: Main Organ in Gallery, Antiphonal in basement under bay window with tone exit in floor above. Solo Music Roll mechanism detached and in Gallery at side of organ. Main voiced 'medium' and Antiphonal 'loud.' Aeolian had to pay $7,190 [$134,770.71 in today's money] for the oak case and console, the iron construction of a new gallery floor, a partition for the Echo chamber, and to furnish a bronze grille; the organ was shipped October 25, 1915.
Jeff Scofield on April 15th, 2025:
Procter Hall, the College’s formal dining hall and chief public room, admired by experts in the field as a distinguished example of collegiate gothic, was given by William Cooper Procter 1883 in memory of his parents.
Gordon Slater on October 25th, 2020:
Besides the stop name and pitch, the stop tablets contain volume indications in capital letters, e. g., FF for fortissimo, P for piano, etc.
Craig Otto on May 19th, 2020:
The July 1920 issue of "The New Music Review and Church Music Review" (Volume 19, Issue 224, page 271) mentions three recitals played on the Procter Hall Aeolian. "The Procter Hall recitals at Princeton University, which are played by Alexander Russell on the organ presented to the university in 1916 by Henry Clay Frick, included for the month of May three organ programs by Mr. Russell, assisted by undergraduates, and a choral recital by the Princeton Choirsters, directed by Mr. Russell."
Database Manager on June 28th, 2016:
An original installation, identified through information on this web page: https://www.princeton.edu/~gradcol/album/picsphall.htm. The organ was replaced by a 2/33 Gress-Miles organ in 1968, retaining the Gothic case of the Aeolian.

Related Instrument Entries: Gress-Miles Organ Co. (1968)

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