Better Pipe Organ Database

The Aeolian Co. Opus 1544 (1925)

Winona State University: Somsen Auditorium
Winona, MN

Images

2012-03-20 - Chamber grillework (Photograph by Mike H, foursquare.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016 - Building exterior (Photograph by Stewart Van Cleve, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Stage, organ chambers and console (to the right of the stage) (Photograph by Winona Daily News, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
37 stops
43 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Cost $28,500. Fund-raising ongoing in 1997 for restoration. -Database Manager

2006-02-03 - Updated through on-line information from Brian Williams. -- The organ was severly damaged by workmen installing a fire suppression sprinkler system through the chambers some years ago  pipes were crushed and holes cut into windchests. There have been fundraising efforts that, so far, have not come close to the cost of restoration. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON June 1924

    Winona, Minnesota
    Minnesota State Teachers College

    Aeolian   Op. 1544   1925   3/41
    ______________________________________________

    GREAT (*)                  CHOIR
16' Dbl Open Diapason 61   16' Contra Dulciana  73
 8' 1st Open Diapason 61    8' Open Diapason    73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 61    8' Hohlflöte        73
 8' Grossflöte        61    8' Dulciana         73
 8' Claribel Flute    61    8' Dulciana Vibrato 73
 8' Gemshorn          61    4' Flute d'Amour    73
 4' Principal         61    2' Piccolo          61
 4' Harmonic Flute    61    8' Clarinet         73
 8' Tuba Sonora       61    8' Cor Anglais      73
    Chimes                     Chimes

    SWELL                      PEDAL
16' Bourdon           73   16' Open Diapason    32
 8' Horn Diapason     73   16' Bourdon          32
 8' Gedeckt           73   16' Violone          32
 8' Viol d'Orchestre  73   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Salicional        73   16' Contra Dulciana  CH
 8' Celeste           73    8' Open Diapason    GT
 8' Aeoline           73    8' Flute            12
 4' Octave            73    8' Cello            12
 4' Waldflöte         73   16' Trombone         32
 2' Flageolet         61   16' Contra Fagotto   SW
 V  Mixture          305       Chimes
16' Contra Fagotto    73
 8' Cornopean         73    *  enclosed except for
 8' Oboe              73       Open Diapason 16
 8' Vox Humana        61
    Chimes

    [Received from Jeff Scofield December 6, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1924 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield