Muller Pipe Organ Company completes restoration of Skinner Organ in Painesville, Ohio

Muller Pipe Organ Company of Croton, Ohio has completed the restoration of the Skinner Organ, located at Lake Erie College’s Morley Music Hall in Painesville, Ohio. The 64-rank, four-manual organ was built in 1927, with a design influenced by Cleveland organist Edwin Arthur Kraft. The instrument had undergone significant changes over the years and nearly half of the original pipework and mechanism was lost, as was the original Skinner console. Muller’s work returned the specification of the organ to the original Skinner design. Where the original was lost, replacement pipework and components from other non-extant Skinner organs were reconditioned and utilized as available. All other components and pipework were new. The new mahogany console was custom crafted by Muller and is a measured reproduction of a Skinner four manual console. The instrument will be formally rededicated in a recital by renowned organist Todd Wilson on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 4:00 PM as part of the alumni weekend celebration of Lake Erie College