This organ was visited in 1959 by OHS member Cleveland Fisher, who found no nameplate but described it as a organ from "the 1870s". He makes no mention of the missing facade pipes, and with the limited knowledge we had about our organ history in 1959, he could be excused an earlier dating. The console appears to be a pastiche, especially the distinctly non-Johnson vertical stop jambs with their smorgasbord of stop labels. The condition of the organ in 2017 suggests an intervention since 1950--the rebuilding of the console and removal of facade pipes would have been a radical treatment of a old tracker in 1950 when they would have been lucky to have it repaired by a local technician, much less rebuilt as a Holtkamp wannabe, unless it was by the Schlicker company in Buffalo. It is possible there may have been another unidentified round of modernization after 1950.

In 2019, what remained of this mechanical-action 19th-century organ was electrified and altered beyond all recognition. Up to that point, this instrument could have been restored and its elegant historic lineage recaptured, but no longer. One presumes the mechanical-action chassis was junked.

Identified through online information from Stephen Rose. -- Updated by Stephen Rose, who has heard or played the organ.

Tonal revisions included the replacement of original pedal rank with a unified electric chest providing 16'-8'-4' stops. Unknown if Mixture and Super Octave were also changed by Delaware Organ Co at the same time. There is also an empty toe board on the Great slider chest from an unknown previous rank from tenor C. Facade pipes were discarded several decades ago.