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Austin Organ Co. Opus 948 (1920)

St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 East Huron Avenue
Chicago, IL

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

Images

2020-07-17 - Building exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
38 stops
46 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2008-02-01 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Placed behind the facade of the 1875 Johnson organ. Austin added three divisions in the north transept in 1961 to accompany the choir when they moved to the new musicians' gallery. Organ underwent major revision from 1997 to 1999. Bradford Organ Company incorporated pipes from a 1929 Skinner organ (opus 752) into the chancel organ, tonally and mechanically updated the entire instrument and added an Antiphonal division over the narthex. The console is another vintage Skinner, Opus 818, from U.C.L.A. Royce Hall. -Database Manager

2012-10-14 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, June 1982) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    St. James Episcopal Cathedral
    Chicago, Illinois
    Austin Organ Co., Opus 948, 1929
    OHS ID: 13693
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    GREAT (61 notes/73 pipes)          scale type      SWELL (61n/73p)       scale type
 16 Double Open Diapason [1]..............37 metal  16 Bourdon............."usual" wood
  8 Principal Diapason.................43-40 metal   8 Open Diapason.........43-40 metal
  8 Spitz Flute (Second Diapason).tapered 49 metal   8 Stopped Diapason...."usual" wood
  8 Doppel Flute....................."usual" wood    8 Viole d'Orchestre......"#1" metal
  8 Gemshorn......................tapered 55 metal   8 Echo Salicional..........61 metal
  8 Gemshorn Celeste..............tapered 55 metal   8 Vox Celeste.(61n)........61 metal
  4 Octave................................55 metal   4 Flauto Traverso....."usual" wood
  4 Harmonic Flute......................"#3" metal   2 Piccolo.(61n)......."usual" metal
  8 Trumpet................................. metal     Dolce Cornet III...12,15,17 metal
                                                    16 Contra Fagotto......"usual" 
    CHOIR (61n/73p)                                  8 Cornopean..........."usual"
  8 Open Diapason......................46-43 metal   8 Oboe................"usual"
  8 Concert Flute...................."usual" wood    8 Vox Humana.(61n).[2].......
  8 Unda Maris.(61n)................."usual" wood      Tremulant
  8 Dulciana..............................55 metal
  4 Flute d'Amour.(triangular)......."usual" wood      PEDAL (32 notes)
  2 Flautina.(61n)..................."usual" metal  32 Resultant...from Open Diap.
  8 Clarinet........................."usual"        16 Open Diapason..........."2" wood
    Tremulant                                       16 Violone............."usual" wood & metal
                                                    16 Bourdon............."usual" wood
    SOLO (61n/73p)                                  16 Second Bourdon.........(Sw)
  8 Flauto Major.(ext Ped 16 Open).......... wood    8 Gross Flute...(ext 16 Open)
  8 Stentorphone....1-12: 43-60, rest: 40-37 metal  16 Tuba Profunda........(Solo)
  8 Gross Gamba...........................55 metal   8 Harmonic Tuba........(Solo)
  8 Gamba Celeste.........................55 metal  16 Contra Fagotto.........(Sw)
  4 Flute Ouverte...................."usual" wood
 16 Tuba Profunda....\\......................           COUPLERS
  8 Harmonic Tuba.....-unit, 7-1/2" pressure           Swell to Great 16,8,4
  4 Harmonic Clarion./......................           Choir to Great 16,8,4
  8 Cor Anglais.............................           Solo to Great 8,4
    Tremulant                                          Great to Great 16,4, Unison Off
    Chimes                                             Solo to Swell 8
                                                       Swell to Swell 16,4, Unison Off
    NOTES                                              Swell to Choir 16,8,4
 1. Bottom 12 are old facade pipes.                    Solo to Choir 16,4 Unison Off
 2. Inside separate box inside Swell chamber.          Great to Solo 8
                                                       Solo to Solo 16,4, Unison Off
    ACCESSORIES                                        Great to Pedal 8
    Crescendo Pedal                                    Swell to Pedal 8,4
    Swell Expression Pedal                             Choir to Pedal 8
    Great/Choir Expression Pedal                       Solo to Pedal 8
    Solo/Echo Expression Pedal                         
    Gt to Pd, Sw to Pd, So to Pd Reversible Toe Studs
    Sforzando Toe Stud with ligh
  8 General Combinations (6 duplicated by Toe Studs)
  8 Divisional Pistons with cancel bar
    Master Expression
    Prepared couplers and stop tabs for Echo division.

    "Pipe metal composition: Pure tin and lead.  Zinc basses.  Reeds of 'special design'.
    Wind Pressure: 7".  Pitch: 440 A.  Price: $18,000.00."
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-10-17]

Documents

Write-up about the opening concert History and opening concert commentary -Jeff Scofield
From THE DIAPASON April 1920 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Saint James Cathedral - Organ - History and description, link to stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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