Census ID	MKD2009
Location	Shenyang (Mukden), Shenyang Conservatory of Music, No. 2 Building
Builder	South African Organ Builders (SOAB)
Specs	II/18+Ped
Action	Mechanical

MKD2009 is a two-manual and pedal tracker organ presently installed in the lobby of the No. 2 Building of the Shenyang Conservatory’s southern campus.

This instrument arrived there in 2009, having been in storage for approximately six years. This pipe organ was originally built in 2001 for a failed property development/theme park on the outskirts of Shenyang called ‘Holland Village’. But the grandiose scheme was plagued from the start (1999) with problems. It was abandoned in 2003, and finally demolished in 2009. The organ was subsequently salvaged for the Conservatory.

The specs are:

Great	Diapason 8′ Koppel Flöte 8′ Octave 4′ Flute 4′ Principal 2′ Mixture III-IV
Swell	Gedackt 8′ Salicional 8′ Flute 4′ Nazard 2 2/3′ Piccolo 2′ Oboe 8′
Pedal	Open Diapason 16′ Subbass 16′ Diapason 8′ Bass Flute 8′ Octave 4′ Flute 4′
Couplers	GT/Ped, SW/Ped, SW/GT, GT octave, SW tremulant

An interesting article on the Holland Village fiasco may be found here: https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/04/07/goodbye-holland-village-a-development-mired-in-corruption-goes-down/