Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 659, 1927

Residence: M. J. Warner

265 Pine Orchard Road
Branford: Pine Orchard, CT, US

16 Ranks - 1,052 Pipes
Instrument ID: 23338 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 20892
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3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal13 Stops50 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

William B Wheeler on July 2nd, 2021:

Organ is not there, it's been removed from this address


Jim Stettner on May 27th, 2021:

Excerpt from a May 10, 2021 online article by Sarah Page Kyrcz and Susan Braden titled, "Historic Branford Warner House demolished after being sold for $1.3 million" in The Middletown Press. -- While the organ, circa 1927, had a player component to it, that feature could be turned off to allow the organ to be played manually, according to Jean Allen who lived in the home for nearly 10 years.
“It needed a lot of work,” she said, referring to the antique instrument. “I had an organ guy come because I felt like I was steward of it and I didn’t want to do it further harm,” she said. “He did a few tweaks, but basically he said the whole thing needs to be restored, a complete restoration.”
Montanaro noted that the new owner salvaged the organ and shipped it to a church near the University of Virginia.


Jim Stettner on May 27th, 2021:

Description from the Real Estate listing: "In 1927 the home was expanded to include a gorgeous two story 50 x 25 entertaining hall that is now used as a living room and can easily accommodate large gatherings. This room features wood paneled walls, large fireplace and the "little sister of Woolsey Hall", a 1927 Skinner organ with 1500 pipes and it's own pipe room in the basement."


William B Wheeler on May 27th, 2021:

The organ was sold and removed from the private home and present location is unknown. The private home was torn down.


Database Manager on April 18th, 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 player attachment; enlarged in 1932, #659-A. Some restoration work by A. Thompson-Allen Co., ca. 1980; extant and unaltered when house was sold in 1985.

Webpage Links: Opus 659: M. J. Warner Residence

Related Instrument Entries: Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 659-A, 1932)

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