Stan Hywet Hall and Garden Magazine - Fall/Winter 2008 - (Page 17)

Organ ono? Are you An o r g A n u p dAt e Help restore tHe AeoliAn orgAn in time for 2009 richly steeped in Northeast Ohio‘s musical heritage. As of this writing, more than 300 “organ donors” have made gifts in excess of $280,000 to our “Adopt-APipe” appeal. We are grateful for this outpouring of interest and support for this effort. The Kulas Foundation of Cleveland will offer the final $25,000 needed for this project. Our call for support is urgent. If we can raise an additional $200,000 this fall, our partners in restoration, the team at the Schantz Organ Company in Orrville, Ohio, can begin to work on the organ during the winter months when Stan Hywet is closed to the public. It would be our privilege to welcome live organ music back to the Manor House during our 2009 season. E arlier this year Stan Hywet announced a campaign to raise the necessary funds to restore its extraordinary 1915 Aeolian Organ — the first pipe organ ever installed in a private home in Ohio. This remarkable instrument was built by the Aeolian Company of New York City, a company that reigned supreme in the industry from 1890 until 1931 when it merged with the Skinner Company of Boston. Residential Aeolian organs were designed and built for elegant music rooms in the mansions of the wealthy. Stan Hywet’s organ boasts 2,670 pipes in 42 ranks located in the walls surrounding the Music Room. Both professional musicians and family members used the Aeolian organ regularly at Stan Hywet Hall. F.A. and Gertrude Seiberling entertained many prominent business and political leaders in addition to renowned artists and musicians at Stan Hywet. One can imagine the delight that guests such as Thomas and Mina Edison; pianist and composer Percy Grainger; Mrs. Henry Ford; U.S. Presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Taft; composer Ignace Jan Paderewski; actress Shirley Temple and of course the beloved Van Trapp Family Singers would have experienced upon hearing, and perhaps even playing, the Aeolian Organ. Seiberling family lore relates F.A. Seiberling’s pleasure in playing the organ rolls while also playing the manual stops. The Aeolian organ’s current state of disrepair hinders not only the instrument’s playability and beauty; it inhibits an entirely accurate and compelling interpretation of Stan Hywet’s Music Room, a space often hailed as one of the most beautiful rooms in America, and certainly a room Many of you have embraced this restoration project already, and Stan Hywet thanks you. For a complete list of organ donors, visit Stan Hywet’s website. Remember that organ pipes make unique gifts for birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions. Give your gift online at www.stanhywet.org or call 330/315-3216 to speak directly with Susan Van Vorst, V.P. Fund Development, for further details about this project. How you can help: www.stanhywet.org 17 http://www.stanhywet.org http://www.stanhywet.org

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