Pipe Organ Database

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C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1893)

Location:

Seabright United Methodist Church
1104 Ocean Avenue
Seabright, NJ 07760 US
Organ ID: 23255

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been restored to a previous state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on October 21, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 11 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 11 stops. 11 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Slider Motors: Pneumatic (EP or TP) slider motors.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 11
  • Registers: 11
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Tubular-pneumatic connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on October 21, 2021:

Dedicated Feb 14, 1907. Cost $2000 (also reported a week earlier as $1800).

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on October 21, 2021.
Database Manager on February 23, 2018:

Updated by Alan Binger Concerning this paragraph: "The restoration appears to have removed two 2' ranks installed (designed by Mudler-Hunter using the original organ blueprints and taking the scale of the stops from a similar instrument that incorporated the 2' register) etc..."

When Mudler did the restoration, the two 2' stops were carefully examined to enable us to find replacements for the original pipework which matched (we ended up using Estey pipework). These 2' stops were clearly marked with factory stampings "Salicional" and "Dulciana" - in fact, we still have some of them sitting in trays. We strongly feel that this paragraph is in error and should be removed.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on October 21, 2021.
Database Manager on June 13, 2016:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 12, 2016:

Updated through online information from Jeffries Cupp.
The current state of the instrument is fair to good. Presently it is in need of a temperament tuning and the Super Octave coupler was malfunctioning.

The restoration appears to have removed two 2' ranks installed (designed by Mudler-Hunter using the original organ blueprints and taking the scale of the stops from a similar instrument that incorporated the 2' register) and replacing them with the original Dulciana and Salicional in name only as both stops are much louder than the originals; restoring it to the original specification. Also this organ was water powered in another location as it was a temporary organ in another church while Haskell constructed a larger instrument.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 10, 2006:

Identified through correspondence from Annette Sims.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 10, 2006:

From Alan Binger: Stop controls are Haskell's Keyboard stops. A Melodia was added ca. 1910 on a tubular-pneumatic chest.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console and Builder's Console and Nameplate: Photograph by Charlie Rooney.

Chancel and Pipe Facade: Photograph by Charlie Rooney.