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Builder: C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.]
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note PedalElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
This entry represents the installation of a used organ. Identified from an advertisement for its sale placed by the church in the November 1949 issue of The Diapason and information from Jeff Fowler via email, Sept 5, 2026:
In 1920, RPC church merged with Wayne Presbyterian Church.
The RPC Haskell was then moved in 1920 to the Wayne PC by Haskell replacing the L.C. Harrison organ. (The Harrison had been purchased in 1889 for WPC's original smaller sanctuary and moved to their new larger sanctuary in 1893.) I've attached Haskell's proposal/contract for the move of the RPC Haskell organ to WPC.
In 1948, the church's chancel was greatly expanded. The Haskell was sold as the Diapason ad attests and replaced by a new Aeolian Organ to “fill” the large organ chambers of the enlarged chancel. This organ of 721 pipes in 12 ranks proved to be so inadequate in supporting worship that it was sold to a small church in St. Louis and replaced in 1963 by the current Austin, only fifteen years after the Aeolian.
Related Instrument Entries: C. S. Haskell [Haskell Pipe Organ Manufacturing Co.] (1914)
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