The
basis of the present instrument is an organ built by Carl Barckhoff in
1914 for the Reformed Church of Griggstown, New Jersey. Major
reconstruction of the organ included thorough rebuilding of the
windchests, a new case compatable with the architecture of the church,
and a much revised tonal scheme seeking to capture some of the charm
and vitality of the organs of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. To this end, a substantial portion of the pipes of the organ
are from an organ built c. 1840 by George Stevens. The organ was
relocated through the Organ Clearing House, Alan M. Laufman, Director.
