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The Aeolian Co. Opus 1306 (1914)

Residence: C.K.G. Billings - "Farnsworth"
Oyster Bay, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


Unknown - Atrium with Organ Grillwork (top center) (Photograph (c.1917), from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2016-11-26 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Jim Lewis, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -Database Manager

2018-05-22 - Information from <i>The Aeolian Pipe Organ And Its Music</i> by Rollin Smith. The Organ Historical Society, 1998<br> Contract: May 20, 1914, $41,000<br> Shipped: February 28, 1915<br> Wallace C. Bird purchased the estate in 1924. House was vacant from 1941 to 1961 and subsequently demolished. -Database Manager

2021-01-28 - The estate was in a shambles in the early 1960s. The main console was pushed over, as were a player console and a cabinet for player rolls. I have a few pipes and a player roll, along with other objects from the mansion. -Robert J Straub


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