Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1178 (1924)

Wilmette Baptist/Community Church of Wilmette
1020 Forest Ave.
Wilmette, IL

Images

2020-05-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-05-22 - Chancel, console and façade pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
25 stops
29 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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. 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. -- Tonal changes by Wichlac -Database Manager

2022-12-05 - The church was renamed the Community Church of Wilmette in 1970. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON May 1924

    Wilmette, Illinois
    Wilmette Baptist Church

    Austin   Op. 1178   1924   3/25
    ___________________________________________

    GREAT (*unenclosed)        CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason   * 73    8' Melodia       73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 73    8' Dulciana      73
 8' Doppelflöte       73    8' Unda Maris    61
 8' Gemshorn          73    4' Waldflöte     73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73    2' Piccolo       61
 8' Harmonic Tuba     73    8' Clarinet      73
    Chimes            20       Tremolo

    SWELL                      PEDAL
16' Bourdon           73   16' Open Diapason 32
 8' Open Diapason     73   16' Bourdon       32
 8' Stopped Flute     73   16' 2nd Bourdon   SW
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73    8' Octave        12
 8' Viole Celeste     61    8' Flauto Dolce  SW
 8' Muted Viole       73   16' Trombone   GT 12
 4' Fugara            73
 8' Cornopean         73
 8' French Horn    ** 73
 8' Oboe              73
 8' Vox Humana        73
    Tremolo

**  Supplied by A. Gottfried Co. and donated
    by the church's new organist, Dr. William
    H. Barnes

 [Received from Jeff Scofield December 4, 1924]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON May 1924 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield