Unknown - Console in music room in private home installation in Philadelphia (Photograph by Len Levasseur, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2022-01-21 - The organ is installed in basement chambers, speaking through tonal grill openings in the music room. The organ as it was in the residence in South Orange, New Jersey had a trumpet rank with Opus 745 inscribed on it. Some ranks were added and/or replaced when it was rebuilt as Opus 617-A (1930). Judging from some of the correspondence between Monroe and Skinner, a brighter, louder sound may have been desired with that trumpet. Skinner Opus 682 from Danville, Virginia had been acquired for another project, but the Trumpet was not included in those plans; thus that Trumpet 8' was installed with Opus 617-A. The Opus 745 Trumpet is stored in a pipe tray in the house in case a future owner might want to reinstall it. The bottom octave of the pedal bourdon was poorly mitred definitely not a factory mitre job; a replacement bottom octave from another 1920s unmitred Skinner Bourdon was installed. The original mitred Bourdon pipes also in storage in case a future owner wants them. A Wurlitzer toy counter and a Vibraharp were added, but these were added outside the pipe chambers so it is clear they are not a part of the original organ. The console was electrified, but in a way that the pneumatic combination action could be restored to use in the future if desired. -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: Taken from Organ ID: 23289 and notes from the owner
Manual I (Expression II) Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Flute Celeste II 8, Voix Celeste II 8, Orchestral Flute 8, Flute 4, Harp, Celesta, Bourdon 16, Chimney Flute 8, Cello II 8, Flute 4, Nazard 2⅔ (--), Piccolo 2, Tierce 1⅗ (--), Vox Humana 8, Corno d'Amore 8 (syn), Unda Maris II 8, French Horn 8, Clarinet 8, English Horn 8, Trumpet 8, Clarion 4, Tremolo, Chimes, Xylophone
Manual II (Duplicate of Manual I)
Echo (separate set of 4 knobs for each manual) Chimney Flute 8, Cor de Nuit 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo
Pedal Bourdon 16 (12 (Man)), Gedeckt 16 (12 (Man)), Gedeckt 8 (Man), Still Gedeckt 8 (Man), Trombone 16 (12 (Man)), Bassoon 16, Tromba 8 (Man), Bassoon 8, Chimes, Bass Drum, Tympani
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