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Bradford Organ Co. (1991)

Christ Church, UCC
Des Plaines, IL

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Original organ by Tellers of Park Ridge, Illinois (1964). Rebuilt by Bradford Organ Company of Evanston, Illinois in 1991. Reused 90% of the pipe work. Organ now contains 26 ranks. Rebuild cost was $140,000. -Database Manager

2022-03-09 - The pipework of the Great and Swell divisions sits on slider chests with electric pull-downs, newly built in 1992. The Pedal pipework sits on electro-pneumatic unit chests, which were original to the Tellers and were releathered. The console is of oak, with angled drawknobs on angled stop jambs. The organ's stoplist was planned jointly by Bradford Organ Company and Muriel Phillips, Minister of Music. -Ronald Damholt


Stoplist

Source: Bradford Organ Co. files, including Organ Dedication Service brochure printed by Christ Church October 25, 1992

Great Open Diapason 8, Bourdon 8, Octave 4, Koppelflote 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Seventeenth 1 3/5, Mixture IV, Rohr Schalmei 8

Swell Quintaton 16, Geigen Diapason 8, Rohrflote 8, Salicional 8, Celeste, tc 8, Fugara 4, Spitzflote 4, Kleinoktav 2, Quint 1 1/3, Scharf III, Oboe 8, Trumpet 8, Tremolo

Pedal Subbass 16, Violone 16, Spitz Prinzipal 8, Gedeckt 8 (ext. Subbass), Spitz Prinzipal 4 (ext. 8' Spitz Prinzipal), Mixture III, Bombarde 16, Trompette 8 (ext. Bombarde), Clarion 4 (ext. Bombarde)


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