Database Manager on September 28th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Daniel Faber.
Refurbished with additions in 2019
Manual and pedal claviers refurbished, new solid-state switching, offset chests refurbished. Bottom octave of Swell Geigen 8 replaced. Addition of three additional ranks: a Grave Mixture II to the Great (new pipework) and a Principal 4 to the Swell (vintage A-S pipework). All pipework was removed, cleaned, regulated, and voiced.
All work was performed by John Muller of Muller Pipe Organ Company, Croton, Ohio
Database Manager on October 5th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The original Skinner organ was III/23. The 1960 revision replaced the Great chest and added a small mixture. The 1995 revision removed the mixture but reinstated the 73 note chest and octave coupler. Vintage Skinner pipes and chests were used to add a Bourdon to the Pedal and an Unda Maris in the Choir to complement the existing Dulciana. A new Ancillary division was added (essentially a floating 2-rank Solo division) with a French Horn and Tuba. The console was refurbished and updated to solid state with a new combination action. The organ is in regular use for services (2007)
Database Manager on April 21st, 2006:
Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Restoration work on E. M. Skinner Opus 679 (1927 - altered by Lewis & Hitchcock in 1968) planned by Samuel Koontz in 1992; due to death of Koontz, restoration completed by Columbia Organ Works in 1995 with additions using pipework from #415, #417, #429, #434 and #602.</i>