Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1068, 1945

Op. 1068 was originally a two-manual with a floating Positiv.

Updated through on-line information from joseph M. Scutti. -- I was the last organ student of Walden B. Cox, who was a student of Alexander McCurdy. I gave reitals on this instrument as a teenager in the early 80s, and this instrument very much formed me. Senator Emerson Richards had a lot to do with the design of this instrument, and in fact the specs that E remember look a lot like the one in his home before it burned. Of note were principals that came from Amsterdam and a floating positiv, which as I was told was the prototype for the Mormon Tabernacle organ before it was built. As I remember it still had the original relay system and everything was intact. This was Gordon Turk's practice instrument as well since we were both in the same organ studio. ... This is an important instrument because of the uniqueness of its specs; Senator Richard knew Walden Cox and both designed this instrument. It was for a long time the largest pipe ogan in South Jersey with a total of 88 ranks with 4 divisions and pedal. The date of the Skinner plate was 1955 [when I played the organ].

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:
Dedication recital played by Alexander McCurdy on May 27, 1947, many additions from 1945-1947 as #1068 A, B, C, D, E and F, rebuilt by Edgar Mangum in 1964 with new Reisner console, moved to new sanctuary.