Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 878, 1931
Residence: C. W. Nichols aka "Pleasantdale Chateau"
757 Eagle Rock Avenue
West Orange, NJ, US
31 Ranks - 2,218 Pipes
Instrument ID: 24539 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 21792
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Builder: Unknown
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Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal27 Stops45 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
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Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
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 on December 25th, 2009:
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 on November 8th, 2006:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
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.
Webpage Links: Opus 878: C. W. Nichols Residence
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 878-B, 1937) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 878-A, 1933) , Fred Cramer (2007) , Unknown Builder (1995)
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