History of the E.M. Skinner Organ, Op. 265
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Join the Portland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists to learn about the history of the Skinner organ originally installed in the Portland Civic Auditorium and later at Alpenrose Dairy (op. 265, 1916). Our program features interviews and performances by chapter members.
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I have known Jonas for more than five decades. I appreciate his comments as well as his playing.
Such a joy knowing the organ will be historically restored and in a new home. Thanks for your efforts, PDX, and for this wonderful program!
What a wonderful program! Thank you to all who contributed to telling the fantastic story of this instrument.
Thank-you, Portland Chapter AGO, for chronicling the life of this historic instrument in such a personal way. May its next home provide the beginning of many more memories, in addition to the ones shared here.
By the way, Virgil Fox returned to the Civic Auditorium in October 1973 for a “Heavy Organ” concert, this time of course playing his Rodgers touring organ (at least the combination action worked the couplers).
This was very well done! Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
This instrument is one of the most, if not the most important pre-WWI Skinner organs remaining in an unadulterated, original state. It represents the rich, soaring orchestral opulence Skinner strived for in the period prior to his second visit to England in the mid 20's. Here, the orchestral footprint takes center stage, with it's heavy and full diapason choruses, orchestral reeds including Skinner's famous French Horn, Clarinet, and Orchestral Oboe, and high pressure reeds, including the enormously scaled wood 32' Bombarde on 15" pressure and the Henry Willis inspired Tuba Mirabilis on 25" pressure. While it does have two 3 rank Mixtures, they were added almost as an afterthought as opposed to an important component of a complete Diapason chorus. The Willis inspired quint and tierce mixtures Skinner utilized in his later, mature organs show a steady progression in his tonal philosophy and more importantly, the understanding of what makes a well developed Diapason chorus complete.
That opus 265 remains unaltered is a near miraculous occurrence, and I'm very pleased that it is being fully restored with no tonal alterations, where it will serve for generations and beyond.
JONAS NORDWALL IS THE BEST!
So... where’s it going?
A Wisconsin church
If it's so beautiful and graceful, Keep it right where it currently resides, Don't give it away.
Hi, William. There were a number of factors in play while we were producing this video. One major one was that the Alpenrose family had major disagreements about how to continue the dairy business; one result was selling off much of the land that it sits on, including the Opera House that the organ resided in. Fortunately, word got around to a church in Wisconsin that was interested in purchasing the instrument, and they were able to remove it before the building was demolished. Us organists in Portland were able to make the video just before all that went down. Also, the organ did need some TLC, which is happening right now before it goes into its new home. We're happy the instrument didn't get demolished with the building.