| Vassar College owns Gress Miles' magnum opus. The instrument is a IV/107. The magnificent case was built for the original Hutchings organ when the Chapel was erected in 1901. The organ incorporates all-electric actions and after 34 years the larger-than-life mechanical switching systems were intermittent at best; contacts were pitted to the point they were breaking off. In 2004 Foley-Baker was commissioned to upgrade the instrument with a Classic electronic relay system. |
 1. One of the original mechanical relays
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 2. Brian DeBlois wiring in some of the new cables
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 3. Phil Carpenter starting the wiring in one of the new chamber control panels
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 3. Close up of the new chamber control panels
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 4. New Classic Relay panels in place
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 5. New Classic Relay panels in place
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 6. New Classic Relay panels in place
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 7. Console back
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 8. Console front
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