Pipe Organ Database

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C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1916)

Location:

Westminster Presbyterian Church
Corner Westminster Avenue & Prince Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07208 US
Organ ID: 48988

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ is no longer extant; destroyed.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on May 10, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 52 ranks. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 51 stops.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on January 18, 2020.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 51
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on January 18, 2020.
Paul R. Marchesano on May 10, 2022:

Confirmed from a listing published by the firm in The Diapason, May, 1916. 4 manuals, 52 ranks, electro-pneumatic action.

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on May 10, 2022.
None on April 09, 2020:

Destroyed when the sanctuary burned February 29, 1944

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 26, 2011:

Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on January 18, 2020.
Database Manager on October 23, 2011:

Identified through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- From The New Music Review (April 1916)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab The New Music Review (April 1916)
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on November 19, 2020.
Write-up from THE DIAPASON May 1916: Open In New Tab Stoplist and commentary
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on August 19, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior, undated postcard: Photograph from an archival source: Digital History PCUSA, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken approx. early 1900s