Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
Opus 700, 1894
Originally Farrand & Votey Organ Co. (Opus 700, 1893)
University of Michigan
University Hall
Thayer & N. University
Ann Arbor, MI, US
67 Ranks - 3,901 Pipes
Instrument ID: 7073 ● Builder ID: 1992 ● Location ID: 2480
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CONSOLES
Builder: Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal6 Divisions58 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
In 1913, the organ was rebuilt by Hutchings and moved to Hill Auditorium.
Database Manager on April 19th, 2006:
Updated 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:
Pipework retained in Hutchings of 1913 and subsequent Skinner Opus 664 (1927).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Displayed at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. After the fair closed, the organ was purchased for $15,000 by the University Musical Society and installed in University Hall as the Frieze Memorial Organ. Prof. Albert A. Stanley, Director of the University School of Music, played the dedication recital on 14 December 1894. Stanley's programme included works by Bach, Beethoven, Merkel, Widor, Lemmens, Guilmant, Delibes, and Gounod.
Related Instrument Entries: Hutchings Organ Co. (1913) , Farrand & Votey Organ Co. (Opus 700, 1893)
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