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112: 137: 348: 144: 119: 95: 319:, which built and installed the original instrument in early 1925. The organ was first played publicly on June 7, 1925, at the annual University Commencement Convocation. A musical landmark for its day, the organ was designed and voiced at the zenith of orchestral-imitative or "symphonic" organ design in this country, and is mentioned in such reference works as Orpha Ochse's 315:. The spacious interior of the University Auditorium with its elaborate wood-carvings and roomy galleries was reminiscent of Proctor Hall and other buildings at Princeton University (which Dr. Anderson had attended before the Civil War), and offered a congenial home. Tonal plans for Florida were prepared by William Zeuch of Boston's famous 295:") reminiscent of 5th-century square birettas; five Musicians stroke Greek lyres; five Engineers lift notched gears; and six Athletes sport tight leather football helmets. In each of the two large windows above the east and west transept balconies, six scholars depicted in early 20th-century Art Deco style overlook the audience space. 335:
stops remain in the present instrument, with the majority coming from Æolian-Skinner, Moller, Austin and Reuter. Today the Andrew Anderson Memorial Organ, with 99 ranks and nearly 5400 pipes, is one of the largest recital instruments in the United States, with a major place in the musical life of this community of scholars.
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In the early 1960s the Æolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston began a program of mechanical renovation and tonal changes, and the M. P. Moller Organ Company continued expanding and modifying the organ as a teaching and recital instrument for the growing School of Music. Only a handful of Skinner
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William Edward's University Chapel-Auditorium was planned in the early 1920s to be the first unit of an imposing administrative building with a massive central bell tower. This design was clearly patterned after London's 11th-century
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to a cruciform structure. Each of the carved hammerbeam end bosses presents one symbol of the "land-grant quadrivium" - six Scholars wear four-cornered academic caps ("
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in the Houses of Parliament, and also appropriates some features seen in Proctor Hall, the 1913 graduate dining hall at Princeton University designed by
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venue which seats up to 843 people. It has a concert stage, and is used for musical concerts,
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style and was built between 1922-1924. It was restored and expanded in 1977 by architect
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sited on SW 13th Street, while in 1953 the bell tower plan became the adjacent
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physician, philanthropist, and associate of early Florida developer
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National Register of Historic Places in Gainesville, Florida
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received $ 50,000 for the organ from Dr. Andrew Anderson, a
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University of Florida Auditorium
29°38′56″N 82°20′34″W / 29.64889°N 82.34278°W / 29.64889; -82.34278
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

University Auditorium (Gainesville, Florida) is located in Florida
University Auditorium (Gainesville, Florida) is located in the United States
Gainesville, Florida
William Augustus Edwards
University of Florida
Gainesville
Florida
United States
William Augustus Edwards
Collegiate Gothic
James McGinley
contributing property
University of Florida Campus Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
AIA
Westminster Hall
Central Lobby
Ralph Adams Cram
Tigert Hall
Century Tower
hammerbeam roof
mortar boards
Albert Murphree
St. Augustine
Henry Flagler

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