Casavant Frères Ltée.
Oberlin College
Sophronia Brooks Hall Auditorium
Oberlin, OH, US
121 Ranks - 9,599 Pipes
Instrument ID: 47608 ● Builder ID: 1116 ● Location ID: 20116
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
5 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal8 Divisions117 Stops137 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Connor Annable.
Database Manager on January 26th, 2011:
Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Charles Martin Hall, a life-long bachelor who made his money in aluminum processes and patents, left $5 million ($109 million today) to Oberlin upon his death in 1914; part of the funds were to pay for an auditorium named after his mother. The original design was for a 4,000-seat chapel-auditorium, a much larger version of Finney Chapel; a contract with Casavant was signed for a large organ for the building. Then, along came the Depression, World War II and arguments over the building's design. When it was finally built in 1953, it was a contemporary 500-seat auditorium known informally as "The White Whale." Noted architect Philip Johnson, who was the son of the will's executor, served as consultant. There was no room for an orchestra in the front of auditorium, much less an organ.
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