2021-05-01 - Console (pipes are on the upper level of the home) (Photograph by Tim T./Tim Tindall)
2008-01-21 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2015-02-09 - The house was built by William and Florence Sloane, wealthy New Yorkers who came to Hampton Roads in 1895 to operate textile mills. Named "Hermitage,� the house was constructed in 1908 as a five-room summer home but soon became the Sloanes- principal residence. Under Florence Sloane-s active direction, the Arts and Crafts style house was reoriented and expanded to its final forty-two rooms by 1936. The Sloanes established the Hermitage Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit corporation, in 1937, as a museum to encourage development of Arts and Crafts and to promote the arts within the community. Ultimately, they contributed the house and its contents, the Hermitage grounds, and all outbuildings on the property to the Foundation. The Hermitage house museum opened to the public permanently in 1942, following a short closing after the death of her husband in 1940. Florence Sloane remained in residence at the Hermitage until her death in 1953. The organ is in good condition and is used for events and concerts. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications via the OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Norfolk, Virginia
Mrs. William Sloane Residence
The Hermitage
Möller Op. 6359 1935 2/6
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GREAT SWELL PEDAL
8' Violin Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 61 16' Bourdon SW
8' Salicional 73 8' Violin Diapason GT 8' Diapason GT
8' Aeoline 73 8' Stopped Flute 12 8' Cello GT
8' Stopped Flute SW 8' Salicional GT 8' Flute SW
4' Flute SW 8' Vox Celeste 61 8' Aeoline GT
2 2/3' Nazard A 8' Aeoline GT
8' Oboe SW 4' Flute 12
Sub 2 2/3' Flute Quint 7
Super 2' Piccolo 5
Chimes 21 8' Oboe 73
4' Harp 49 Sub
Super Tremulant
A Artiste only
1 Artiste player attached to console; 15 music rolls
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