Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2008-10-19 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The "home" was more of a compound, with different buildings. All the bedrooms were in one building. The living room in another. The kitchen and dining room in another. The Aeolian was in the latter, in an elevated chamber. The property may have later belonged to the Timkin family of Timkin roller bearing fame. Ultimately, the property was acquired by the State of New Jersey with plans to demolish the buildings in order to expand their Palisade Park system. Willard Jost obtained permission to examine the organ before demolition of the property. The house interior had been thoroughly vandalized by trespassers. Sadly, this included the console which was reportedly smashed beyond restoration. But the chamber -- being elevated and accessed by a small hatch -- had escaped unscathed. Mr. Jost purchased organ removal rights for $300.00 from the contractor to whom the State had sold salvage rights. The pipes, harp, chimes and offset chests were removed. But the main chest, regulators, 2 h.p. Kinetic blower, and damaged console went-down with the edifice. Mr. Jost presently (10/2008) owns the free-reed Clarinet again, and plans to install it in his home organ. Source: Willard Jost. -Database Manager
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