University of Minnesota: Northrop Auditorium
Minneapolis, MN
Images
Unknown - Auditorium to rear (Photograph by evensongmusic.net, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Foley-Baker and evensongmusic.net, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Foley-Baker and evensongmusic.net, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)
2018 - Console (Photograph by Foley-Baker, Inc./Jeff Scofield)
2018 - Auditorium interior and console (Photograph by Foley-Baker, Inc., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018 - Console (Photograph by northrop.umn.edu, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018 - Console (Photograph by THE DIAPASON, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2010-03-17 - Auditorium exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1929 - Auditorium exterior (Photograph from an archival source: northrop.umn.edu, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by THE TRACKER, via Jonathan Bowen, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-10-12 - Stage and console (Photograph by Chris Stroh, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-08-08 - Auditorium Exterior (Photograph by Brad Engelland/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 81 stops
- 101 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2006-11-16 - 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> Additions to Op. 892B (1934)</i> -Database Manager
2011-03-02 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The Northrop Auditorium is being rebuilt. The room will be downsized from a 4800 seat to a 2800 seat auditorium. Foley-Baker, Inc. has removed the 1936, 108r G. Donald Harrison Aeolian Skinner. The chambers are being redesigned, and the grille will be made more sound-transparent. There are no plans to change the specification or tonal design of the organ. -Database Manager
2015-04-17 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The hall was rebuilt between 2011 and 2014, and the organ was placed in storage. The hall re-opened in 2014 with fewer seats but greatly improved acoustics. On April 2, 2015, University president Eric Kaler announced the presentation of a four million dollar gift to the university, part of which would be used to return the organ to Northrop Hall. (source Minneapolis Post article dated 4/03/2015) -Database Manager
2017-07-10 - Updated by Douglas Johnson<br>
The organ is in the process of reinstallation by Foley-Baker -Database Manager
2018-11-20 - Updated by Michael Barone, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>All original pipework and chests were repaired and retained. Though the pipework stands on what was the original chamber floor, it no longer speaks through a tone-chute and instead delivers directly into the reduced-size auditorium. Projection and detail are much enhanced over the original layout, though some overall sense of opulence has been sacrificed as a result of the reduction of cubic volume in the room. -Database Manager
2018-11-20 - Updated by Bruce Jacobs, listing this web site as a source of information: http://www.northrop.umn.edu/events/northrops-historic-pipe-organ-resounding-success. <br> <br>The auditorium size has been dramatically reduced, allowing the acoustical shell which had obstructed the sound of the organ to be removed. -Database Manager
Stoplist
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Minnesota - Northrup Auditorium
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 892-A/B/C 1932-36
4 manuals, 81 stops, 108 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 16' Gemshorn 73 c
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Geigen Diapaon 73
8' Third Diapason 61 a 8' Hohlflöte 73
8' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Rohrflöte 73
8' Gedeckt * 61 b 8' Flauto Dolce 73
8' Viola pf 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Salicional 73
5 1/3' Quint 61 a 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Octave 61 8' Echo Gamba 73
4' Second Octave 61 a 8' Echo Celeste 73
4' Flute * 61 4' Octave Geigen 73
3 1/5' Tenth 61 a 4' Flute 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Violina 73 c
2' Fifteenth 61 2 2/3' Twelfth 61 c
IV Harmonics 244 2' Fifteenth 61 c
VII Plein Jeu * 427 a V Dolce Cornet 305 c
16' Contra Tromba * 61 a V Chorus Mixture 305
8' Tromba * 61 16' Posaune 73
4' Octave Tromba * 61 a 8' French Trumpet 73 a
Chimes SO 8' Cornopean 73
8' Harp (TC) CH 8' Oboe 73
4' Celesta CH 8' Vox Humana 73
* enclosed 4' Clarion 73
Tremolo
CHOIR ORGAN Chimes SO
16' Contra Viola 73 8' Harp (TC) CH
8' Diapason 73 4' Celesta CH
8' Concert Flute 73
8' Cor de Nuit 73 c PEDAL ORGAN
8' Dulcet II 134 c 32' Double Open Diapason 12 c
8' Dulciana 73 32' Sub Bourdon 5
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 16' Diapason 32
4' Flute 73 16' Metal Diapason 32 a
4' Gemshorn 73 c 16' Contre Basse 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Bourdon 32
2' Piccolo 61 16' Diapason GT
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Contra Gamba SO a
1 1/3' Larigot 61 16' Contra Viola CH
III Dulciana Mixture 183 16' Gemshorn SW c
16' Fagotto 73 c 16' Echo Lieblich SW
8' Trumpet 73 c 8' Octave 12
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 c 8' Cello 32
8' Clarinet 73 8' Gedeckt 12
Tremolo 8' Viole CH
8' Harp (TC) 8' Still Gedeckt SW
4' Celesta 5 1/3' Twelfth 7 c
4' Super Octave 24 c
SOLO ORGAN 4' Flute 5
16' Contra Gamba 73 b V Harmonics 160 c
8' Flauto Mirabilis 73 b 32' Bombarde 12 c
8' Gamba 73 b 32' Contra Fagotto 12 CH c
8' Gamba Celeste 73 b 16' Trombone 32
8' Aetherial Celeste II 146 b 16' Posaune SW
4' Orchestral Flute 73 b 16' Fagotto CH c
4' Octave Gamba 73 b 8' Tromba 12
III Cornet de Violes 183 b 4' Clarion 12
16' Corno di Bassetto 73 c Chimes SO
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73
8' English Horn 73 c
8' French Horn 73
4' Tuba Clarion 73 c
Tremolo
Chimes a added as Op. 892-A in 1933
8' Harp CH b added as Op. 892-B in 1934
4' Celesta Ch c added as Op. 892-C in 1936
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-11-05]
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