Flentrop Orgelbouw
1965

History
ca. 1785: Organ is built by Johannes Stephan Strumphler (Netherlands)
1963: Dutch organist Piet Kee purchases the organ from “an old lady”
1964: Piet Kee begins negotiations with the Toledo Art Museum under the auspices of Museum consultant Fenner Douglas and organbuilder Dirk Flentrop regarding restoration; sale of the instrument completed by the end of the year
1965: Organ shipped to Toledo and installed in the Museum following restoration by D.A. Flentrop. The work included:

1. “A revision of the windchest” – rebuilding of all parts of the wind chest
2. “A revision of the keyboard”. On this type of organ the end of each key is glued with parchment. This parchment will be renewed, two ebony keys and two ivory plates will also be renewed in the old style (all keys are made in a very characteristic [sic] old way, and they will make a pin for each key.
3. “A simple revision of the stop-mechanism.” Flentrop also supplied an electric blower and “a ventilator in a special tropical construction” placed in a double-wall box.

Late 1965: Flentrop contracted for 12 treble pipes to enable the PREST 8 V to be repitched at 4ʹ pitch, including a case for storage of either octave.
1972: John Brombaugh carried out restorative repairs. Brombaugh indicated that the original rackboard for the PREST 8 V had been lost, although the original bottom octave was still extant in storage.
2005: Jerroll Adams of Milan, Michigan, restored the footpumping mechanism by recreating the pedal assembly and roller.

-- Source: 2009 OHS Atlas, p. 216

Update from Chad Boorsma -- the organ was sold to the museum by Dutch organist, Piet Kee. It was restored by D. A. Flentrop, who also added 12 treble pipes to enable the PREST 8 V to be repitched at 4' pitch. Further restorative repairs were carried out by John Brombaugh in 1972. In 2005, Jerroll Adams restored the foot-pumping mechanism (information from the 2009 Organ Atlas).

Builder's Nameplate: Unknown Dutch