Unknown - Archer Gibson at the Console ((ca. 1935) Photograph from the Collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
2006-11-08 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> With Duo-Art player attachment; Aeolian contract (#1790); additions in 1933 and 1937; house used by Allied Signal as a conference center until 1995; organ relocated to Curt Mangel III, Fox River Grove, IL.</i> -Database Manager
2009-12-25 - Updated through online information from John Elwood. -- While the organ is gone, the mansion remains as a wedding hall. Nichols was chairman of Allied Signal, which used the building until 1995 as a conference center. -Database Manager
2015-07-02 - This organ will be relocated to "Stoneleigh", the former residence of the late John and Chara Haas, in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Tudor Revival mansion was gifted by the Haas children to the Organ Historical Society for use as its headquarters and archives. -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
West Orange, New Jersey
C. W. Nichols Residence
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 878 1931 3 manuals, 27 stops, 31 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (II) enclosed SWELL ORGAN (III)
8' First Diapason 73 16' Deep Flute 12
8' Second Diapason 73 8' Diapason 73
8' String F 73 8' Spanish Flute 73
8' String P 73 8' String F 73
8' Flute F 73 8' String F Vibrato (TC) 61
8' Flute P 73 8' String PP 73
4' Octave 73 4' High Flute 12
4' High Flute 73 2' Flageolet --
2' Piccolo 61 V Mixture 305
8' Trumpet 73 8' Cornopean 73
8' Clarinet 73 8' Oboe 73
Tremolo 8' Vox Humana 73
Chimes Tremolo
8' Harp (TC) Chimes
4' Celesta Celesta
CHOIR ORGAN (I) SOLO ORGAN (floating)
8' Second Diapason GT 8' Philomela 73
8' String F GT 8' Gamba 73
8' String P GT 8' Gamba Celeste 73
8' Flute F GT 8' Tuba 73
8' Flute P GT 8' French Horn 73
4' High Flute GT Tremolo
2' Piccolo GT
8' Trumpet GT PEDAL ORGAN
8' Clarinet GT 32' Resultant --
Tremolo GT 16' Diapason 12 GT
Chimes GT 16' Violone 32
Harp GT 16' Deep Flute F 32
Celesta GT 16' Deep Flute SW
8' Flute F 12
8' Flute P SW
Chimes
Duo-Art player attachment
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-07-01]
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