Spartanburg, South Carolina —Converse College Twitchell Auditorium

Spartanburg, South Carolina — Converse College
Twitchell Auditorium
Three manuals and pedals, 37 stops, 52 ranks
Attached drawknob keydesk, compass 61/32
Mechanical key action, electric stop action
Opus 3686, 1990
Photographs: Stanley Scheer
Converse College, which is well known for its music program, is an institution
offering undergraduate programs for women in liberal arts and music, as well as
selected coeducational graduate programs. The school opened in 1890 and is
named for one of its early patrons, Dexter Edgar Converse, a native of Vermont
who was a successful pioneer in the cotton mill industry. By the turn of the
twentieth-century Converse had matured into one of the leading colleges for
women in the South. Around the same time the School of Music became a charter
member of National Association of Schools of Music, which is recognized by the
United States Department of Education as the principal accreditation
organization for all music curricula. Every year the Petrie School of Music offers
approximately one hundred fifty performances in all areas of instrumental and
vocal music including guest performances by leading artists such as Yo Yo Ma
and Marilyn Horne.
The three manual mechanical action organ is installed in Twitchell Auditorium, a
fifteen hundred seat hall built in 1899 and known for its acoustics. The organ sits
on a raised platform at the back of the stage and is used for solo performances
and concerts with choral ensembles and the Converse Symphony Orchestra. The
specification was developed to allow the presentation of a wide range of literature
for teaching and performance.
Grand Orgue
Bourdon
16
Montre
8
Flûte harmonique (common bass)
8
Flûte à cheminée
8
Principal
4
Flûte
4
Doublette
2
Cornet III
2-2/3
Fourniture IV
1-1/3
Trompette
8
Tremblant
Récit
Flûte majeure
Viole de gambe
Voix céleste (GG)
Principal
Flûte octaviante
Octavin
Plein Jeu IV
Basson
Trompette harmonique
Hautbois
Tremblant
Positif
Pédale
Soubasse 1
Montre
Soubasse
Octavebasse
Bourdon
Octave
Mixture IV
Contre Bombarde (Ext.)
Bombarde
Basson (Récit)
Trompette
Salicional
Bourdon
Prestant
Flûte à fuseau
Principal
Quinte
Sesquialtera II
Cymbale IV
Cromorne
Tremblant
8
8
4
4
2
1-1/3
2-2/3
2/3
8
1
© Casavant Frères
Digital
8
8
8
4
4
2
2
16
8
8
32
16
16
8
8
4
2-2/3
32
16
16
8