2007-05-08 - Identified through online information from Wayne Rokicki. -Database Manager
2008-07-03 - 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>Installed in 1969 on elevator at rear of stage; rebuilt by Austin in 1984 with combination action replaced by solid state.</i> -Database Manager
2009-05-04 - Updated through information posted to PIPORG-L by Larry Wheelock May 3, 2009: -- From the Program Notes: The Aeolian-Skinner pipe-organ in Uihlein Hall was donated by the Miller Brewing Company. The entire instrument is stored beneath the stage in a specially constructed chamber. When the instrument is in use, the floor is taken up and the organ is lifted to stage-level by a single-piston hydraulic lift. Due to height considerations under the stage, the 32' Sub-Principal was Haskelled (in effect, folded inside upon itself) ... .<br> The Austin Organ Company was called upon in 1984 to clean and revoice the Great, Positiv, and Pedal divisions. Years' worth of dust falling through the stage floor as well as moisture from the adjacent Milwaukee River had taken its toll on the action and pipe work and a major cleaning was necessary. With the consultation of Organist James Burmeister together with the late Calvin Hampton, some revoicing was carried-out at that time and the 32' Sub-Principal was loudened. The rank now sounds with the room-shaking dignity inherent to open pipes of that pitch. -Database Manager
2009-05-04 - Updated through information posted to PIPORG-L by Larry Wheelock May 3, 2009: -- This afternoon Peter Conte gave a spectacular recital on the Miller Organ (Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1477) ... I unexpectedly found myself hanging around onstage as the crew began putting the organ into the pit in which it resides most of the time. I whipped out my camera and took as many pictures I could as the large 58-rank instrument slowly descended, taking no more than about 3 minutes from fully-up to fully-down. It was an eerie experience to see this immense instrument descending in absolute silence.<br> It's something that few people get to witness and it was almost a little frightening. I was especially intent on getting some overhead shots of the famous 32' Haskelled Sub-Principal. ...One of the stage-hands made the claim that the Miller Organ is the largest object permanently attached to an elevator in the country. I don't know if that is true, ... . -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Center for the Performing Arts
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1477 1965 3 manuals, 38 stops, 58 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN POSITIV ORGAN
16' Quintaton 61 8' Principal 61
8' Principal 61 8' Gedeckt 61
8' Rohrflöte 61 8' Erzähler 61
4' Octave 61 4' Octave 61
4' Spitzflöte 61 4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Nasat 61 2' Gemshorn 61
2' Flachflöte 61 1 1/3' Quinte 61
1 3/5' Terz 61 II Sesquialtera II 122
Mixture V-VII 364 Mixtur IV-VI 318
16' Trompet 61 8' Krummhorn 61
8' Trumpet 61 Tremulant
Tremulant
PEDAL ORGAN
SWELL ORGAN 32' Sub Principal 12 a
8' Viole 61 16' Principal 32
8' Viole Celeste 61 16' Subbass 32
8' Bourdon 61 16' Quintaton GT
4' Prestant 61 8' Octave 32
4' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Spitzgedeckt 12
2' Octavin 61 4' Choralbass 32
Plein Jeu V 305 4' Nachthorn 32
16' Hautbois 12 2' Nachthorn 12
8' Trompette 61 Mixture V 160
8' Hautbois 61 32' Kontra Posaune 12 b
4' Clairon 61 16' Posaune 32
Tremulant 16' Hautbois SW
8' Trompette 12
4' Clairon 12
a 1-12 are Haskelled
b 1-12 are half-length
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-08-08]
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