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Wm. A. Johnson Opus 410 (1873)

Second Presbyterian Church
20th & Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


Unknown - Facade (Second Presbyterian, Chicago  Photo c.1885. Image courtesy Martin Walsh/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - In 3rd bldg. Apparently rebuilt by Farrand & Votey in 1892. Church damaged by fire in 1900. Later contained a 1901 Hutchings-Votey Op. 535, which may have been rebuild of Farrand & Votey. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the Historic Organs table of the OHS PC Database Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois

GREAT (58 notes)
16' Open Diapason
16' Quintatoen
8' Open Diapason
8' Viola Da Gamba
8' Spitz Floete
8' Doppel Floete
5'1/3' Quint
4' Octave
4' Flute Harmonique
2-2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
III Mixture
IV Scharf
8' Trumpet (shown as 57 pipes, but almost certainly an error)
4' Clarion

SWELL (58 notes)
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Salicional
8' Dolcissimo
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Quintadena
4' Octave
4' Fugara
4' Flauto Traverso
2' Piccolo
III Mixture
16' Contra Fagotto
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe and Basson
8' Vox Humana

SOLO (58 notes)
16' Still Gedackt
8' Open Diapason
8' Geigen Diapason (shown as 57 pipes, but almost certainly an error)
8' Dulciana
8' Melodia
4' Violin
4' Flute d'Amour
2' Flautino
8' Clarionet

PEDAL (27 notes)
32' Contra Bourdon
16' Open Diapason
16' Contrebasse
16' Bourdon
10-2/3' Quinte Floete
8' Violoncello
8' Floete
4' Super Octave
16' Trombone
8' Tromba

Swell to Great
Swell to Solo
Solo to Great
Great Organ Separation
(All the above work by pneumatic power, 
   controlled by small ivory pistons placed over the GreatL).
Swell to Pedale
Great to Pedale
Solo to Pedale
Tremolo
Blower Signal
Pedale Check

Pedal Movements:
Great and Pedale Forte
Great and Pedale Piano
Swell Forte
Swell Piano
Solo Forte
Solo Piano
Great to Pedale (reversible)
Balanced Swell Pedal

Pneumatic motor applied independently to the Great manual, 
    the Pedale, and the first 4 accessory stops; 
    also to the Swell and Solo manuals by couplers.

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