Ernest M. Skinner Company
Opus 127, 1906
University of Virginia
Old Cabell Hall
112 Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA, US
27 Ranks - 1,585 Pipes
Instrument ID: 5130 ● Builder ID: 7401 ● Location ID: 4870
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal25 Stops35 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb 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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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on October 8th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Bob Moody. -- Hutchings-style batwing console. 30 note pedal. Great 16 open has monkey quint on bottom 6 notes. Remote stepper combination machine. Have to climb through swell chest or use a ladder to make changes. Magnets have separate windings for each use. E.g. Swell to Great has separate winding for 16, 8, and 4. Duplexing handled the same way.
Updated through online information from Bob Moody. -- Hutchings-style batwing console. 30 note pedal. Great 16 open has monkey quint on bottom 6 notes. Remote stepper combination machine. Have to climb through swell chest or use a ladder to make changes. Magnets have separate windings for each use. E.g. Swell to Great has separate winding for 16, 8, and 4. Duplexing handled the same way.
Database Manager on April 23rd, 2008:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Console is stored in a small room off the stage, it is mounted on a movable platform. Organ is in regular use (2008) primarily ceremonial occasions such as baccalaureate ceremonies, but it is included in performances of several musical organizations and serves as a practice instrument for student organists. (per Press Release by the University dated April 22, 2008)
Database Manager on November 19th, 2005:
Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Dedicated March 18-19, 1907; restored by A. Thompson-Allen Co. in 1983; extant, with original movable bat-wing console.</i>
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1992.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Movable console. Original fold-up console restored c. 1983 by A. Thompson-Allen Co. (Ded. 20 Oct 1983 by Earl Miller) Organ removed 1990's while hall was refurbished. Organ reinstalled by May 1996, but console not yet connected.
Webpage Links: A. Thompson-Allen Company Restoration: Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia , Opus 127: University of Virginia - Cabell Hall
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