A friend of mine has found a reference to the giant organ built by the Austin Company for the Jamestown Exposition. I know from surviving programs that it was played extensively, mostly by the official organist of the Exposition, William Wall Whiddit. He also composed MARCH OF THE POWATAN GUARDS for the occasion. After the Exposition, he eventually ended up teaching at a church school in Charlotte, NC. I assume the organ was dismantled, along with most other things that were not nailed down, but does anybody know where it or parts of it ended up? Maybe a church around Norfolk?
Randy Cabell
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