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Roll-Operated Player Pipe Organ Census
By Tom Rosenbusch

(1) There is a player organ at Hildene, the Robert Todd Lincoln summer
home in Manchester Center, Vermont.

(2) I believe there is a player organ in the Hill mansion in St. Paul,
Minnesota.

Tom Rosenbusch

 [ Robert Todd Lincoln was the only child of President Abraham and Mary
 [ Todd Lincoln to survive to adulthood.  He was president of the Pullman
 [ Company [rail cars], the largest manufacturing corporation at the turn
 [ of the 20th century, from 1897 to 1911.  The 1000-pipe Aeolian player
 [ organ was a birthday gift from Robert to his wife, Mary, in 1908 and is
 [ believed to be the oldest residential pipe organ in the United States
 [ with a player attachment still in its original location and still in
 [ working order.  It is played each day.  Ref.:
 [
 [   http://www.hildene.org/news/in_news.html 
 [   http://www.hildene.org/about.html 
 [   http://www.pullman-car.com/ 
 [
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Wed 29 Sep 2010, 19:48:20 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

Key Words in Subject:  Census, Organ, Pipe, Player, Roll-Operated

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