This album is the first-ever recording to exclusively feature the restored Aeolian organ at Duke University Chapel.
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The Aeolian organ was designed to rival and complement the timbres of a symphony orchestra, a unique voice among American organs.
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The Aeolian organ at Duke Chapel underwent a complete restoration in 2008 by Foley-Baker, Inc., preserving its original 'late Romantic tonal heroism'.
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The Aeolian organ at Duke University Chapel, completed in 1932, was the last and largest liturgical church organ built by the Aeolian Company.
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The Duke organ's construction coincided with the Great Depression, and its delivery was complicated by the merger of the Aeolian Company with the Skinner Organ Company, forming Aeolian-Skinner.
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The Aeolian Company initially built player reed organs for homes, later introducing self-player mechanisms to pipe organs, making them status symbols for the wealthy.
Critical Reception
In the 1980s, the Aeolian organ faced replacement proposals due to changing trends in organ building, but a significant outpouring of protest from the organ world and local community saved it.
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