Upper Music Room
One of the crowning jewels Scotty’s Castle is the upper music room. Here guests were surrounded by luxurious décor and enwrapped in the opulent splendor of the music automatically.
Hand carved redwood ceilings, the stained glass window perched high above a hand-painted copy of Raphael’s Madonna della Sedia, gold-plated screens depicting the 12 disciples, and a gold-threaded table runner on the grand piano, provided a magnificent backdrop for the majestic music of the Welte-Mignon pipe organ.
With over 1,100 pipes and a number of other instruments including a calliope, drums, glockenspiel, castanets, and chirping birds, the Johnsons could use any of over 400 rolls to fill Scotty’s Castle with music. The vaulted ceiling provided excellent acoustics.
The room is lit with wrought-iron chandeliers, and decorated with coats-of-arms and crests.
Click here to listen to a music clip.
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