Installation of organ in Irvine begins. Pennsylvania Gazette announces organ in place, being adjusted. First published joke about Irvine Auditorium appears in Punch Bowl magazine. First recital given on Curtis Organ. First Sunday afternoon recital, played by Morrison C. Boyd, official University organist.
Recital broadcasts begin.
Penn Music Department moves to Irvine Auditorium. Student organist Robert Elmore gives his first public performance on the Curtis Organ. A Schulmerich Electronic Carillon is installed in Irvine. Over the next few years, the console is overhauled, most of the pneumatics changed, and the Swell French Trumpet and Clarion replaced. Burlap screens, heretofore hiding the organ in its lofts, removed.