Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1398 (1926)

Masonic Temple: Lodge Room
1010 Central Ave.
Wilmette, IL

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

Images

2014-06-11 - Lodge room with console at left and organ chamber in the ceiling (Photograph from an archival source: Masonic Temple Webpage, submitted by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2016-06-24 - Console (Photograph by Orion Carey, submitted by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals

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

2007-02-10 - Updated through on-line information from Martin Hill. -- I tuned it around 2001, but haven't been back since. -Database Manager

2021-08-22 - Wilmette Lodge No. 931 A.F. & A. M. sold the building to a developer in 2020. While the developer is committed to maintaining the building's exterior façade, the interior has been completely deconstructed. Both the Austin organ in the lodge room and the Hinners organ in the ballroom have been dispersed. -Andrew Schaeffer

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console

Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1398, 1926)
Masonic Temple
Wilmette, IL

GREAT
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Melodia
8'  Dulciana
8'  Unda Maris
4'  Flute
8'  French Horn
    Tremolo

SWELL
16' Bourdon
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Stopped Flute
8'  Viole d'Orchestre
8'  Viole Celeste
8'  Muted Viole
4'  Flute
2'  Flautino
8'  Cornopean
8'  Oboe
8'  Vox Humana
    Tremolo

PEDAL
16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon
8'  Flute