Unknown - Auditorium Interior, Stage, and Pipe Facade (Photograph (1895) from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
1894 - Keydesk diagram (Photo of drawing from U. of Michigan dedication program /Lanny Hochhalter)
2004-10-30 - Displayed at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. After the fair closed, the organ was purchased for $15,000 by the University Musical Society and installed in University Hall as the Frieze Memorial Organ. Prof. Albert A. Stanley, Director of the University School of Music, played the dedication recital on 14 December 1894. Stanley's programme included works by Bach, Beethoven, Merkel, Widor, Lemmens, Guilmant, Delibes, and Gounod. -Database Manager
2006-04-19 - 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>Pipework retained in Hutchings of 1913 and subsequent Skinner Opus 664 (1927).</i> -Database Manager
2015-01-08 - In 1913, the organ was rebuilt by Hutchings and moved to Hill Auditorium. -Database Manager
Specification from Dedication Program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Michigan - University Hall
Farrand & Votey Organ Co. Opus 700 1893 4 manuals, 58 stops, 67 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon Treble } Split 61
8' First Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon Bass } Knob
8' Second Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Gemshorn 61 * 8' Violin Diapason 61
8' Viola di Gamba 61 8' Salicional 61
8' Principal Floete 61 * 8' Æoline 61
8' Doppel Floete 61 8' Stopped Diapason 61
4' Octave 61 8' Vox Celeste (from TC) 49
4' Hohl Floete 61 * 8' Quintadena 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61 4' Octave 61
2' Super Octave 61 4' Salicet 61
Mixture 3 ranks 174 4' Flute Harmonique 61
Scharff 3 & 4 ranks 222 2' Flageolet 61
8' Trumpet 61 Cornet 3, 4 & 5 rks 212
4' Clarion 61 * 16' Contra Fagotta 61
* in Choir swell box 8' Cornopean 61
8' Oboe 61
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Vox Humana 61
16' Contra Gamba 61
8' Open Diapason 61 SOLO ORGAN (separate Swell box)
8' Viola 61 8' Stentorphone 61
8' Dulciana 61 8' Philomela 61
8' Melodia 61 4' Hohl Pfeife 61
4' Fugara 61 16' Tuba Major 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61 8' Tuba Mirabilis 61
2' Piccolo Harmonique 61 4' Tuba Clarion 61
8' Cor Anglais 61
8' Clarinet 61 ECHO ORGAN (from Solo Key Board)
Carrillons (from TF) 44 steel bars 8' Clarabella 61
8' Dolcissimo 61
PEDAL ORGAN 4' Dulcet 61
32' Double Open Diapason 30 8' Vox Humana 61
16' Open Diapason 30
16' Violone 30 ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PISTONS
16' Bourdon 30 4 affecting Great & Pedal Stops
10 2/3' Quint 30 4 affecting Swell & Pedal Stops
8' Violoncello 30 3 affecting Choir & Pedal Stops
8' Flute 30 3 affecting Solo & Pedal Stops
4' Super Octave 30
16' Trombone 30 COMBINATION PEDALS
8' Trumpet 30 Great Organ Forte with appropriate pedal
Great Organ Mezzo " " "
COUPLERS Great Organ Piano " " "
Solo to Great Swell Organ Forte " " "
Solo to Great, Super Octave Swell Organ Mezzo " " "
Solo Super Octave Swell Organ Piano " " "
Swell to Great Solo Organ Forte " " "
Swell to Great, Super Octave Solo Organ Piano " " "
Choir to Great
Choir to Great, Sub-Octave PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Solo to Swell Full Organ Pedal (Sforzando & Crescendo)
Solo to Pedal drawing all speaking stops without
Swell to Choir throwing in the registers.
Swell to Pedal Pedal Ventil, silencing any adjustable
Great to Pedal selection of pedal stops without
Choir to Pedal throwing in the registers.
Great to Pedal Reversible Coupler
MECHANICAL ACCESSORIES Pedal to draw all Couplers, excepting
Swell Tremulant Solo Super Octave, Choir to Great Sub,
Choir Tremulant Solo to Swell, and Solo to Pedal.
Solo Tremulant Balanced Swell Pedal
Echo Tremulant Balanced Great and Choir Pedal
High Pressure Wind Indicator Balanced Solo Pedal
Low Pressure Wind Indicator Pedal to open all boxes
Electric Switch for Motor Pedal to close all boxes
Combination Release Solo "Off" Echo "On" Ventil
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-01-08]
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