Marion
Memorial Auditorium
Marion,
IN
Opus 2727
Great
(Enclosed)
8' Open
Diapason
73
8'
Gross Flute
73
8' Melodia
73
8' Cor
d'Chamois
73
8'
Dulciana
73
4' Flute
Harmonic
73
8' Bell Tuba
73
Tubular Chimes
Gt to Gt 16-4
Gt Unison Off
Sw to Gt
16-8-4
Orch to Gt 16-8-4
Swell
(Enclosed)
16
Bourdon
73
8 Stopped
Diapason 73
8'
Clarabella
73
8' Unda
Maris (tc)
61
8' Viol
73
8' Muted
Viol
73
4' Flute
d'Amour
73
2'
Flautino
61
8'
Cornopean
73
8' Oboe
[labial]
73
8' Vox
Humana
73
Tremolo
Sw to Sw 16-4
Sw Unison Off
Orchestral
Organ
16' Contra
Viol
73
8' Concert
Flute
73
8' Viola
d'Orchestra
73
8' Viol
Celeste (tc)
61
4' Traverse
Flute
73
8' English
Horn
73
8' Cor
Glorieux
[labial] 73
8'
Clarinet
[labial]
73
Tremolo
Harp
(44)
Orch to Orch 16-4
Orch Unison Off
Sw to
Orch 16-8-4
Pedal
32' Resultant
- -
16' Open Diapason
32
16'
Bourdon
32
16' Lieblich
Gedeckt (Sw)
- -
16' Concert
Viol (Orch)
- -
8' Bass
Flute
12
8' Flauto
Dolce (Sw)
- -
8'
Cello (Orch)
- -
Gt to Ped 8
Sw to Ped 8
Orch to Ped
8
Pedal Movements
Swell
Expression
(bal.)
Great
Expression
(bal.)
Orchestral
Expression (bal.)
Crescendo
(bal.)
Action: E-P Primary &
Unit
Voices: 28
Stops:
36; inc. chimes & harp
Ranks:
28
Pipes: 1,938
Notes
The organ was donated by the widow of a local successful businessman
named C.G. Barley. The cost was $25,000.00.
The organ has two consoles. The
main performance console is of the luminous "cash register" stop type.
The
second console houses a reproducing automatic player
mechanism.
The
organ fell mute in 1962. It was restored from 1975-76 by Marion native Thad
Reynolds - honors student at Ball State University. The rededication date was
set for Nov. 18, 1976 - just one day short of the anniversary of the original
dedication.
A
fine article about the organ and including pictures may be seen in the
Aprill 1977 issue of Music, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.
60-62.
Charles G. Barley
Memorial Organ
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The
Charles G. Barley Memorial Organ is as much a part of the Coliseum's
mystique and heritage as the basketball games and the Easter Pageant
itself. The twenty- ton pipe organ was built in Vermont by the Estey Organ
Company. All of its parts are homemade. A room above the stage at the
Coliseum is filled with nearly 2,000 of its pipes. The organ makes Marion
the smallest city in the United States to have a municipal organ.
A
former Marion resident who had moved to San Francisco, Mae H. Judge,
donated the organ. It is a memorial to Charles G. Barley, her husband, who
was a local industrialist who founded the Indiana Truck Company. The organ
was valued at $25,000 when donated, nearly three times as expensive as
similar instruments of the time. Replacing the organ today would cost
$250,000 to $500,000.
The dedication of the Charles G. Barley
Memorial Organ was witnessed by 4,000 people in Memorial Coliseum on
November 19, 1928. The Marion Leader-Tribune described the dedication of
the organ as "one of the finest civic acts recorded in the history of the
city of Marion." It is not only a memorial to Charles G. Barley, it is
also a gift to the schoolchildren and youth of Marion. Mounted upon the
front of the organ is a plaque that states, "This organ is presented to
the schoolchildren of Marion as a loving gift to the memory of Charles G.
Barley from his wife, dedicated this nineteenth day of November, nineteen
hundred twenty eight".
--A.J.
Fricke
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Sources
Estey opus list
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Music, April 1977
James R. Stettner
