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Updated through online information from Sean Haley. -- The organ was originally installed in Moscow's Kenworthy theater and given to the University by the Kenworthy family, ca. 1936. The console was placed on a movable platform with a long cable to the organ relay. A Peterson diode matrix relay installed just off stage and the console rebuilt with a Peterson combination action and stop actions by John Moir of Balcom & Vaughan sometime in the mid 1980's, not in the 70's as previously reported. What became of the previous relay equipment is unknown.
Though not well suited to choral literature requiring organ accompaniment or organ repertoire outside the realm of silent film, the Morton receives a great deal of use for a number of choral concerts, chamber concerts, and other larger performances that cannot be accommodated in the smaller space of Haddock hall in the Lionel Hampton School of Music.
Updated through online information from Jesse Zylstra. -- The organ needs attention, specifically cleaning and re-leathering. The console was updated to solid-state sometime from the 70-80's, although to what extent or what system exactly we are unsure of. The university's digital carillon system can be played live from the organ console. The organ is used for a small number of concerts every year, the biggest being Bach Festival.
Organ relocated without any change.
Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
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