Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 328, 1921
Cleveland Public Auditorium
Public Hall/Music Hall
500 Lakeside Avenue E
Cleveland, OH, US
149 Ranks - 9,782 Pipes
Instrument ID: 6249 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 5931
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Builder: Klann Organ Supply [Klann Inc.]
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
5 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions123 Stops153 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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Exhibited in the 2009 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Jim Stettner on April 23rd, 2024:
Updated through online information from Terry Mueller: The Mason & Hamlin grand piano has been missing for many years, although the Skinner-made mobile pneumatic player mechanism is still there. I visited the organ in 1970 along with Harry Ebert, Pittsburgh, PA, organ builder.
Updated through online information from Terry Mueller: The Mason & Hamlin grand piano has been missing for many years, although the Skinner-made mobile pneumatic player mechanism is still there. I visited the organ in 1970 along with Harry Ebert, Pittsburgh, PA, organ builder.
Database Manager on May 7th, 2018:
The 10,000-capacity main auditorium shares its stage with a second venue housed at the facility: the 3,000-capacity Music Hall.
Database Manager on June 15th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Conor Annable.
Database Manager on December 31st, 2010:
Updated through online information from Bob Higgins.
Database Manager on May 24th, 2008:
Updated through online information from Don Daley. -- Klann Console used exclusively, organ rarely played, chambers very dusty/dirty
Database Manager on January 4th, 2006:
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>Opening recital by Edwin Arthur Kraft on September 10, 1922; extant.</i>
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1991
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Temporary Klann console in 1971, original in storage. Some work by Joseph Nagle in 1970s. Metal pipes of Echo stolen by 1990. [Same as Public Hall?]
Webpage Links: Opus 328: Cleveland Public Auditorium
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