Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1045, 1946

Originally Frank Roosevelt (Opus 400, 1899)

128 Ranks - 7,195 Pipes

Instrument ID: 18011 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 3632

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Unknown

Design: Unknown

Pedalboard Type: Unknown

Features:

4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions109 Stops109 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs

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Combination Action: Unknown

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on October 3rd, 2008:

Updated through online information from Dennis A. Steckley.

Database Manager on March 12th, 2008:

Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Rebuild of 1889 Roosevelt, #400 from the Chicago Auditorium; installed in 1946; fire damage in 1961; replaced by Schantz; six ranks retained; Positiv division used for new two manual practice instrument.

Database Manager on May 6th, 2005:

Rebuild and enlargement of an 1889 Roosevelt, Op. 400 from the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, purchased at auction by William H. Barnes and donated to Indiana University. Console damaged by water in 1961, and later some pipework damaged by fire. (Source: Pipe Organ Registry, prepared in 1983 for the AGO regional convention by the Indianapolis Chapter, AGO.)

Database Manager on May 6th, 2005:

Positiv division was used for a new 2m. practice instrument.

Webpage Links: Opus 1045: Indiana University

Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (1960s) , Owner (1995)