Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 681 (1916)

Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist
6154-58 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL

Images

2019-10-01 - Console close-up (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-10-01 - Console in pit (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-10-01 - Church interior (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
37 stops
43 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
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

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

2020-10-17 - 1st Church of Christ, Scientist, merged with 9th Church in 1950; the building was sold in 1956 to St. John Baptist Temple Church; organ offered for sale in 2019 via the Organ Clearing House. -Jeff Scofield

2023-07-07 - As of 2022 the fate of the organ is unknown. The auditorium was substantially renovated by the new congregation in 2022 with before/after images showing that the organ chamber space was re-purposed. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=207801054925090&set=a.206149411756921) The listing page at the Organ Clearing House is filed under "achived", not "sold". -Marie Prewett

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist provided by the Organ Clearing House

    Chicago, Illinois
    Ninth CHurch of Christ, Scientist

    Austin   Op. 681   1916   3/37
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT                    CHOIR

16' Major Diapason       16' Contra Viole
 8' Principal Diapason    8' Geigen Principal
 8' Small Diapason        8' Concert Flute
 8' Flauto Major          8' Quintadena
 8' Violoncello           8' Dulciana
 8' Gemshorn              8' Unda Maris
 4' Octave                8' Clarinet
 4' Harmonic Flute        8' Cor Anglais
 8' Tuba                     Tremolo
    Sub                      Sub
    Super                    Super
                             Chimes
    SWELL
                             ECHO
16' Bourdon
 8' Open Diapason         8' Chimney Flute
 8' Rohr Flute            8' Viole Aetheria
 8' Viole d'Orchestre     8' Vox Angelica
 8' Viole Celeste         4' Fern Flute
 8' Salicional            8' Vox Humana
 4' Violina                  Tremolo
 4' Flauto Traverso          Chimes
 2' Flageolet
16' Contra Posaune           PEDAL
 8' Cornopean
 8' Oboe                 32' Resultant Bass   --
 8' Vox Humana           16' Open Diapason
    Tremolo              16' Bourdon
    Sub                  16' Violone          GT
    Super                16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
                         16' Contra Viole     CH
                          8' Flauto Dolce     12
                         16' Tuba Profunda GT 12

   [Received from Jeff Scofield October 17 2020]