1904-01-01 - Unknown (Photograph from Sebastian M. Glück/Database Manager)
Unknown - Warner Concert Hall, organ case and attached console. (Vintage postcard mailed May 3, 1912, courtesy of Will Dunklin/Database Manager)
2006-04-19 - Identified 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> Second-hand installation. Replaced by Skinner Opus 667 (1927).</i> -Database Manager
2008-07-20 - Updated through online information from William Gravesmill. -- Oberlin Organ student (1953) The Skinner rebuild of this instrument was rebuilt again by Walter Holtkamp (1959-62) for "old Warner concert hall", then rebuilt by Walter Holtkamp, Jr.in 1964 for New Warner Concert Hall, then rebuilt a final time and currently installed by Christian Holtkamp at Hemmle Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock. -Database Manager
2015-01-20 - This organ was originally built in 1882 for Harold Chandler Kimball and installed in his residence in Rochester, N.Y. The organ was given to Oberlin in 1899 and installed in Warner Hall. -Database Manager
Specification from <i>Bulletin of OberlinCollege</i>, Feb. 1, 1904 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin Conservatory of Music - Warner Hall
Hilborne L. Roosevelt Opus 93 1882 3 manuals, 40 stops, 47 ranks
Gifted to Oberlin in 1899
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Dbl. Open Diapason 58 16' Bourdon 58 #
8' Open Diapason 58 8' Open Diapason 58
8' Viola di Gamba 58 8' Salicional 58
8' Gemshorn 58 8' Dolce 58
8' Doppel Flöte 58 8' Vox Celestis (TC) 46
4' Octave 58 8' Stopped Diapason 58
4' Hohl Flöte 58 4' Violina 58
2 2/3' Octave Quint 58 * 4' Flauto Traverso 58
2' Super Octave 58 * 2' Flageolet 58
Mixture, 3 & 4 ranks 196 * Cornet, 3, 4 & 5 rks 242
8' Trumpet 58 * 16' Contra Fagotto 58
* included in the Solo swell-box 8' Cornopean 58
8' Oboe 58
SOLO ORGAN (in separate swell-box) 8' Vox Humana 58
16' Double Dulciana 58 # Treble and bass, split knob
8' Viol d'Amour 58
8' Æoline 58 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Concert Flute 58 16' Open Diapason 30
8' Quintadena 58 16' Dulciana 30
4' Salicet 58 16' Bourdon 30
4' Flute d'Amour 58 10 2/3' Quint 30
2' Piccolo Harmonique 58 8' Violoncello 30
8' Clarinet 58 16' Trombone 30
MECHANICAL ACCESSORIES COUPLERS
Swell Tremulant Swell to Great
Solo Tremulant Swell to Great Octaves
Hydraulic Engine Starter Solo to Great
Eclipse Wind Indicator, for Bellows Swell to Solo
Eclipse Wind Indicator, for Regulator Swell to Pedal
Adjustable Combination Piston Knobs Great to Pedal
Solo to Pedal
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Six Adjustable Combination Pedals
Great to Pedal Reversible Coupler
Balanced Swell Pedal
Balanced Solo Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-01-20]
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