Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Builder: Skinner Organ Company Year: 1930 Opus: 833-A No. manuals: 3 No. stops: 63 No. ranks: 58 No. pipes: 3,853
Specification
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 5 PED 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Diapason SW 8' Gamba 73
8' Clarabella 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Gamba One 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
8' Gamba Two 61 (encl) 8' Spitz Flute 73
8' Voix Celeste II SW 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
8' Erzähler 61 8' Echo Dulcette II 134
4' Octave 61 4' Octave 73
4' Orchestral Flute 61 (encl) 4' Flute 73
2 2/3' Quint 61 2' Flautino 61
2' Fifteenth 61 III Mixture 183
IV Harmonics 244 16' Contra Posaune 73
III Mixture 183 (encl) 8' Trumpet 73
8' Tuba 61 8' Flügel Horn 73
8' Trumpet SW 8' Vox Humana 73
Chimes 20 tubes 4' Trumpet 73
8' Harp CH Tremolo
4' Celesta CH
PEDAL ORGAN
CHOIR ORGAN 32' Resultant --
16' Gamba 73 16' Diapason 32
8' Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Concert Flute 73 16' Gamba CH
8' Dulciana 73 16' Bourdon SW
8' Kleine Erzähler II 146 8' Diapason 12
4' Flute 61 8' Bourdon 12
2 2/3' Nasard 61 8' Gamba Two GT
2' Piccolo 61 8' Bourdon SW
1 3/5' Tierce 61 4' Bourdon 12
1 1/3' Larigot 61 16' Trombone 32
16' Bassoon 73 16' Bassoon SW
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 8' Trombone 12
8' French Horn 73
8' Orchestral Oboe 73
8' Clarinet 73
Tremolo
8' Harp (TC) --
4' Celesta 61 bars
RÜCKPOSITIV (added by Holtkamp, Job 1580 in 1933)
8' Bourdon 61
4' Prestant 61
4' Flute 37
2 2/3' Nasard 61
2' Doublette 61
1 3/5' Tierce 37
1 1/3' Larigot 37
1' Piccolo 24
III Mixture (22-26-29) 183
Source: Allen Kinzey
Notes: According to an article in The
American Organist,
the story goes that the museum's first director, Frederic A. Whiting,
heard a canary singing in the Interior Garden
Court in 1918 and consulted with Ernest M. Skinner, who was so taken
with the fine acoustics that he told Charles F. Brush (inventor of
the arc lamp) that, if he could afford it, he would lose no time in
getting an
instrument in there at his own expense. The widow and daughters of P. J.
McMyler provided funds in his memory for the installation of Skinner Op. 333
in
1922, as well as a handsome endowment for a Department of Musical Arts.
Acoustical tests using phonographs donated by Thomas Edison had suggested a balcony
location, but other considerations placed the organ in the space between the
Court and the Rotunda, above the sub-skylight. During the installation, one of
Skinner's men survived a fall through the sub-skylight onto the main
staircase.
The attic location of the organ proved to be completely unsatisfactory and, in
the following year, the instrument was moved to the balcony, where it was opened
by Charles Courboin in 1924.
The Holtkamp Organ Co. added a Rückpositiv, Job 1580, in 1933, and subsequently carried out an extensive rebuild, Job 1624, in 1946. In 1971, the organ was moved to the museum's Gartner Auditorium.
Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=22597