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This two manual and pedal 7-rank instrument was cleaned and relocated from a practice room at the University of Illinois to the music room of University Laboratory High School in Urbana […] Read More

The 1925 E.M. Skinner organ in the church (Opus 521) was originally installed in Smith Music Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois. It was relocated to Wesley Church in 1965 when a new Casavant organ was installed. After 40 years of teaching and recital use, and another 40 years of regular service […] Read More

John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders was commissioned by the Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Kentucky to provide a new console and switching system for their pipe organ.  Their instrument began life as Opus 760 of Earnest M. Skinner […] Read More

This instrument has been completely restored in three phases. The Swell division was restored completely as a first stage of the project. The middle stage involved the restoration of the console including the dozens of pneumatics in the shell of the console. The Great and Pedal divisions were completed in 2012. This is a carefully […] Read More

Buzard was commissioned to provide and new console and switching system to their Skinner / Bunn=Minnick pipe organ in 2011 (please see our 2011 service listing for this project). In 2014 our team was entrusted with restoring the static reservoir for the instrument. Because of water damage, the wind box and flange attached to it […] Read More

This instrument, Aeolian Skinner Opus 1169 (1948) was relocated from its original installation in 2008 by David Broskowski. Because of the need to reconfigure the division layouts for the new space because of the slope of the ceiling in the chamber, some non-Skinner mitered pipes were employed in the bass of one of the ranks. […] Read More

Below, follows an analysis of the 1937 specification and the additions that were made in 1964: Eureka, IL Christian Church - Aeolian-Skinner organ 1937 Specification of Opus 972                    1964 Specification of Opus 972-A ? = conjectural PEDAL                   […] Read More

Sometimes pipe organs seem to naturally design themselves. Sometimes organs designs evolve, as the tastes and wishes of the client comes to light, as information about the building is confirmed, and as the client's process unfolds. In the case of King Avenue United Methodist Church, the organ's design was truly evolutionary, as the new organ […] Read More

It has been a high honor to build the new organ for St. Paul's Cathedral. The Cathedral's music program is top-flight, and includes committed parish volunteers and paid singers; the music ranges from renaissance motets through the best modern Anglican anthems. The organ was completed ahead of schedule and used at Solemn Eucharist celebrated by […] Read More

This organ of 69 ranks was built in 1987, and completed in 1988. The instrument replaced a 1922 Moller Organ of about 25 stops, and several of the original Moller stops were incorporated into the new Buzard Opus 5 Organ. The enviable music program at the time this instrument was designed and constructed incorporated several […] Read More