Antique Organ Photograph by Marcia Socolik

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Antique Organ

by Marcia Socolik

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Portable Battery Charger

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Title

Antique Organ

Artist

Marcia Socolik

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

FEATURED PHOTO, Fine Art America Inanimate Objects Group, 12/1/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, USA Artist News, 12/21/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA All Art Group, 12/21/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Beauty of this World Group, 12/22/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA South West Art and Artists Group, 12/29/2012
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This Welty-Mignon theater pipe organ features 1121 pipes, a grand piano, glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes, orchestra bells, sleigh bells, bird calls, and a drum and cymbal assortment. This magnificent antique instrument can be found at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley, CA. They occasionally play it for visitors.
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Construction began on Scotty's Castle in 1922, and cost between $1.5 and $2.5 million. A man named Walter Scott born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, also known as "Death Valley Scotty", convinced Chicago millionaire Albert Mussey Johnson to invest in his gold mine in the Death Valley area. By 1937, Johnson had acquired more than 1,500 acres (610 ha) in Grapevine Canyon, where the ranch is located. After Johnson and his wife made several trips to the region, and his health improved, construction began. It was Mrs. Johnson's idea to build something comfortable for their vacations in the area, and the villa eventually became a winter home.
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The Johnsons hired Martin de Dubovay as the architect, Mat Roy Thompson as the engineer and head of construction, and Charles Alexander MacNeilledge as the designer. Unknown to the Johnsons, the initial survey was incorrect, and the land they built Death Valley Ranch on was actually government land; their land was further up Grapevine Canyon. Construction halted as they resolved this mistake, but before it could resume, the stock market crashed in 1929, making it difficult for Johnson to finish construction. Having lost a considerable amount of money, the Johnsons used the Death Valley Ranch to produce income by letting rooms out. The Johnsons died without heirs and had hoped that the National Park Service would purchase the property, and in 1970, the National Park Service purchased the villa for $850,000 from the Gospel Foundation, to which the Johnsons left the property. Walter Scott, who was taken care of by the Gospel Foundation after Johnson's passing, died in 1954 and was buried on the hill overlooking Scotty's Castle next to a beloved dog.
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The U.S. National Park Service gives guided tours of Scotty's Castle for a nominal fee. Park rangers dress in 1930s style clothes to help take the visitor back in time. During the tour, guests are sometimes treated to the sounds of a 1,121 pipe Welte theater organ. An underground mystery tour is also available for those wishing to see the inner-workings of the building. One-quarter of a mile of tunnels run under the building, where visitors can visit the powerhouse and see thousands of tiles that were to be used for the never-finished swimming pool. The main house tour is ADA accessible, but the underground tour is not.
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Both the Scotty's Castle Visitor Center and the Castle Museum are currently open year-round, and approximately 100,000 people tour the villa each year. The Johnsons' original furnishings and clothing can still be seen today. The ranch is located about 45 miles north of Stovepipe Wells, California, on Highway 267, about a three-hours drive from Las Vegas, Nevada.
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most of the text above is quoted/paraphrased from wikipedia.org
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