• Ca. 1926. OPUS 613. Registered with the Historical Organ Society.
• Original installation in an Indianapolis, Indiana mansion - the Goodman mansion in 1926.
• Upon the 1980 deaths of the original owners, Opus 613 was purchased, unrestored for $100,000 and eventually installed in another Indianapolis mansion.
• A full restoration at that time included:
  • Advice from the Smithsonian Institute
  • The finest organ restorers in Indiana
  • Quality restoration materials from Organ Supply Industries, Arndt Organ Supply, Peterson Electro-musical Products, Midwest Organ Specialties and others.
• Includes built-in E.M. Skinner Organ Roll Player with a large supply of original rolls.
• Wonderful Peterson MIDI system with 20,000 MIDI tunes (furnished by seller).
• Includes a partially restored 63-note "harp" (Aeolian). Metal bars with resonators.
• Removed from 1980 installation site in 1998 when the owner purchased new mansion.
• Stored in climate-controlled storage, Indianapolis, IN. until March 2003.
• Stored in climate-controlled storage, Wilmington, DE. from then to the present.
• Financial considerations prevent reinstallation in DE. This wonderful E. M. Skinner is being sold to recover a portion of the current involved costs.
• Ideal for a home or medium sized Church.
• Perfect organ for expansion to fit individual needs.
• Personal inspection by buyer or authorized agent before purchase is advised.

• Ebony console with roll-top (walnut front) and pedal division.
• Console measures: 5'3" wide, 5'4" deep and 4'5" high (without pedal division)
• Professionally restored and voiced ranks of pipes ready to reinstall:
  • 8' Flute
  • 8' Flute Celeste
  • 8" Diapason
  • 8' Violin
  • 8" Violin Celeste
  • 8' Chimney Flute
  • 8' Vox Humana
  • 8' Clarinet
  • 8' Flugel Horn
  • 4' Flute
  • 44-Pipe Bourdon
  • 63-Note Aeolian Harp. Metal Bars and Resonators (partially restored).
• Additional unrestored pipe ranks and pipe chest (not original to the ca. 1926 OPUS 623 ):
  • Trumpets
  • Clarinet
  • 4-Rank Pipe Chest
• Other features of this high-quality Skinner organ:
  1. Peterson solid state switching system: incorporated and integrated with the original, fully-restored mechanical relay system.
  2. 240-bit Peterson digital midi player system with 20,000 midi tunes (on CD).
  3. Custom-built Plexiglas swell shades for two pipe chamber installation. (Orignal shades were never removed from the Goodman mansion in Indiana.)
  4. A built-in Robert Morton roll player with boxes of original rolls.
  5. A new, high-capacity blower with all original cabling, wiring, etc. (from the most recent restoration) to return the organ to wonderful playing condition.
  6. Sufficent gavanized, new ducting to reinstall the organ in a short-distance installation.

When Considering Purchase of this Organ PLEASE:

• Ask any and all questions before you consider purchasing this Skinner organ.
• Contact Cooleys Olde Tyme Piano Shoppe, Inc. (Rick Cooley) at:
  • Phone: (302) 239-5658
  • FAX: (302) 234-1684
  • E-Mail: COTPS@aol.com or RCCXX@aol.com
• Inspect the organ (1) in person,(2) by your authorized representative or (3) a piano and organ appraiser in the Wilmington, Delaware area. (List provided on request for your individual selection.)
• Delivery can be arranged by Wilmington Moving and Storage, Wilmington, Delaware, within the continental United States (48 lower states) at extremely competitive prices, if desired .