First Church of Christ, Scientist / Karpeles Manuscript Museum: Auditorium; front
700 22nd Street
Rock Island, IL
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2023-11-13 - Choir pipework with 4' Flute d'Amour in front, and 8' English Horn immediately behind it (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Space between the grille (left) and the pipe chambers (right). Choir chamber straight ahead (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Lower console with toe studs and pedal movements (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Prepared-for Echo stop tablets (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Console: Swell and Pedal stops (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Console: Great and Choir stops (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Reader's platform with console at the right (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Sanctuary interior with Reader's platform and organ chamber grille in front (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Sanctuary interior and dome (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Cornerstone (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2023-11-13 - Church / Museum exterior (Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 3 manuals
- 27 stops
- 34 registers
- 4 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 (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. website, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager
2012-02-11 - Received via e-mail from Jim Lewis. -- The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Rock Island, Ill. is now the Karpeles Manuscript Museum. The status of the Austin organ is unknown. -Database Manager
2017-10-20 - Updated by Howard Eckdahl, who gave this as the source of the information: Physical observation during visit. -Database Manager
2023-11-19 - Updated via email from John Panning on November 18, 2023: *"I recently visited the organ and took some photos. Sadly, there were no working lights in the chamber, but it's clear the organ is largely intact and unaltered. The pedalboard, though removed, is nearby. The museum that previously occupied the building has closed, an entrepreneur is currently exploring the possibility of rehabbing the building as a brewpub."* -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Digital scan of a published document, courtesy of Howard Eckdahl; and console photos added Nov. 2023. 10-18-2017
PEDAL Open Diapason [wood] 16, Bourdon 16, Bourdon (Sw) 16, Contra Dolce (Ch) 16, Contra Viole (Ch) 16, Flute 8,
PEDAL MOVEMENTS (Labeled; l - r) Choir Expression (bal.) (Balanced), Swell Expression (bal.) (Balanced), Echo and Great (bal.) (Balanced), Crescendo (bal.) (Balanced)
GREAT (Expressive) Open Diapason 8, Dolce Diapason 8, Violoncello 8, Cello Celeste 8, Hohl Flute 8, Harmonic Flute 4, Tuba 8, Chimes, Harp (Ch), , Great 16, ↓ Great On 8, Great 4
SWELL (Expressive) Bourdon 16, Phonon Diapason 8, Rohr Flute 8, Viole Aetheria 8, Vox Angelica 8, Flauto Traverso 4, Oboe 8, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo, , Swell 16, ↓ Swell On 8, Swell 4
CHOIR (Expressive) Contra Viole 16, Geigen Principal 8, Viole 8, Concert Flute 8, Flute Celeste 8, Dulciana 8, Unda Maris 8, Flute d'Amour 4, English Horn 8, Clarinet 8, Tremolo, Harp, , Choir 16, ↓ Choir On 8, Choir 4
INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS Swell 8 ([to Pedal]), Swell 4 ([to Pedal]), Great 8 ([to Pedal]), Choir 8 ([to Pedal]), , Swell 16 ([to Great]), Swell 8 ([to Great]), Swell 4 ([to Great]), Choir 16 ([to Great]), Choir 8 ([to Great]), Choir 4 ([to Great]), , Swell 16 ([to Choir]), Swell 8 ([to Choir]), Swell 4 ([to Choir])
ECHO (Expressive) (Prepared-for) blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank
FINGER PISTONS General 1 - 8 (1 - 8), Swell 1 - 8 (1 - 8), Great 1 - 8 (1 - 8), Choir 1 - 8 (1 - 8)
TOE STUDS General 9 -14 (9 - 14), Ped-Rev [Gt. to Ped.] ([Great to Pedal]), Sforz (rev) (rev), Unlabeled ([non-original])
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