Owner
2025-26

This entry represents the installation of a used organ. Identified through online information from the owner, Kevin O'Brien [February 12, 2026]: In 1968, Westminster Choir College built three adjacent dormitories with practice rooms in the basement, most of which housed practice organs. This von Beckerath was installed in the dormitory ultimately named Princeton at its installation or shortly thereafter. In the early 2000s, it was moved down several hallways to the Dayton dormitory, Rm. 1, where it would spend the rest of its Princeton years. In 2025, as Rider University was liquidating the contents of the historic Westminster campus, this organ was procured by alumnus Kevin O'Brien, '01. It was removed and immediately brought to a furniture refinisher to clean the exposed wooden surfaces. It was then placed in O'Brien's house. Some imminently necessary repairs were done by O'Brien and Chris Kehoe, most notably sending out the bellows for re-leathering. Minor regulation work was done by O'Brien and David Rooney of Noack Organ Company (the two were once roommates in that same dormitory). As of early 2026, the organ needs some more minor work, notably fixing the coupling mechanism. But it is presently playable and used regularly.