Wm. King (& Son)
1898

The 50th Anniversary of the Sage Chapel Organ booklet noted that the space limitations in the West end of Sage Chapel had become a growing problem, and was discussed by the Cornell trustees in 1902 (four years after the WK&S installation). By 1903, there were at least three options being considered: 1) move the choir and WK&S instrument "intact" to the more spacious north/east transept; 2) Replace the failing WK&S instrument with a new one in the north/east transept. (A letter of October 12, 1903, from [prof] Hollis Dann to [Cornell] President Schurman about the 1898 organ stated that the mechanical parts could "never be made to work satisfactorily," because its experimental electric action was "defective"); or 3) add an extension of "at least twenty feet to the west" end of the Chapel. It turns out that all three things were done - eventually. The WK&S organ was moved intact to the north/east transept and Chapel reopened on January 17, 1904. In May 1909, a contract was placed with Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston for their Opus 175 with a price of $12,000 and a completion date of October 15. In 1940 the west end of the chapel was extended to accommodate choir risers and the rebuilt EMS organ as Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1009.

This entry represents the rebuilding and enlargement of an existing instrument. Identified through online information from Mark A. Smith [July 28, 2026]. Also mentioned in E. M. Skinner / Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, rebuilt and enlarged by Wm. King & Sons.