Auditorium Theater
56 E. Congress at Michigan
Chicago, IL
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2019-12-09 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by chicagoplays.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-05-26 - Auditorium interior (Photograph from an archival source: historictheatrephotos.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1890 - Building exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1890 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1890 - Auditorium interior and organ grills (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Console (Photograph (ca. 1900) from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
Unknown - Chamber Openings (Photograph (ca. 1900) from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 4 manuals
- 107 stops
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
Notes
2005-05-05 - Sold at auction for $1,000 to Wm. H. Barnes who donated it to Indiana University in 1944. (Source: Pipe Organ Registry, prepared in 1983 for the AGO regional convention by the Indianapolis Chapter, AGO.) -Database Manager
2015-03-29 - Updated through online information from Paul Cadrin. -- A detailed description of the original specifications of this organ was published in the introductory pages of the score to Théodore Dubois' <i>Fantasie triomphale</i>, composed for its inauguration. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed Specification Source: from municipalorgans.net website Date not recorded
Chicago, Illinois
Auditorium Theater
Frank Roosevelt No. 400 1889 4 manuals, 107 stops, 127 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SOLO ORGAN (8 inch pressure)
16' Double Open Diapason 61 8' Stentorphone 61
16' Contra Gamba 61 8' Violoncello 61
8' First Open Diapason 61 8' Concert Flute 61
8' Second Open Diapason 61 4' Viola 61
8' Gemshorn 61 4' Flute Octaviante 61
8' Viola di Gamba 61* 4' Hohl Pfeife 61
8' Viola d'Amour 61* 2' Piccolo Harmonique 61
8' Principal Floete 61 16' Tuba Major 61
8' Doppel Floete 61* 16' Basset Horn 61
5 1/3' Quint 61* 8' Tuba Mirabilis 61
4' Octave 61 8' Orchestral Oboe 61
4' Gambette 61* 8' Orchestral Clarinet 61
4' Flute Harmonique 61* 8' Cor Anglais 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61* 4' Tuba Clarion 61
2' Super Octave 61* Cathedral Chimes 25 tubes
Mixture 4 and 5 Rks. 298*
Scharff 3 and 4 Rks. 220* ECHO ORGAN (played from Solo)
16' Ophecleide 61* 16' Quintatoen 61
8' Trumpet 61* 8' Keraulophone 61
4' Clarion 61* 8' Dolcissimo 61
* enclosed in Choir swell-box 8' Unda Maris (TC) 49
8' Fern Floete 61
SWELL ORGAN 4' Dulcet 61
16' Double Dulciana 61 4' Flauto Traverso 61
16' Bourdon (split knob) 61 Armonia Ætheria 4 Rks. 244
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Horn 61
8' Violin Diapson 61 8' Oboe 61
8' Spitz Floete 61 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Salicional 61
8' Æoline 61 STAGE ORGAN (played from Solo)
8' Vox Celestis (TC) 49 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Doppel Floete 61
8' Clarabella 61 4' Octave 61
8' Stopped Diapason 61 8' Trumpet 61
4' Octave 61
4' Salicet 61 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Hohl Floete 61 32' Double Open Diapason 30
4' Flauto Dolce 61 32' Bourdon 30
2' Flageolet 61 16' First Open Diapason 30 wood
Cornet 4 and 5 Rks. 281 16' Second Open Diapason 30 zinc
Acuta 3 Rks. 183 16' Dulciana 30
16' Contra Fagotto 61 16' Violone 30
8' Cornopean 61 16' Stopped Diapason 30
8' Oboe 61 10 2/3' Quint 30
8' Vox Humana 61 8' Octave 30
4' Clarion 61 8' Violoncello 30
8' Flute 30
CHOIR ORGAN 5 1/3' Octave Quint 30
16' Double Melodia 61 4' Super Octave 30
8' Open Diapason 61 Mixture 3 Rks. 90
8' Geigen Principal 61 32' Contra Bombard 30
8' Dulciana 61 16' Trombone 30
8' Flauto Traverso 61 16' Serpent (free reed) 30
8' Lieblich Gedeckt 61 16' Contra Bassoon 30
8' Quintadena 61 8' Clarion 30
4' Octave 61
4' Fugara 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61
2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Piccolo 61
Dolce Cornet 5 Rks. 305
16' Euphone 61
8' Tromba 61
8' Clarinet 61
Carillons (TF) 44 steel bars
MECHANICAL ACCESSORIES COUPLERS
Swell Tremulant Swell to Great
Choir Tremulant Choir to Great
Solo Tremulant Solo to Great
Echo Tremulant Swell to Choir
Echo Organ Ventil Swell Octaves on itself
State Organ Ventil Solo Octaves on itself
Combination Release Solo to Pedal
Crescendo & Diminuendo Indicator Swell to Pedal
High Pressure Wind Indicator Great to Pedal
Medium Pressure Wind Indicator Choir to Pedal
Low Pressure Wind Indicator
Stage Organ Signal PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Engineer's Signal Full Organ Pedal
Pedal Ventil
ROOSEVELT PATENT AUTOMATIC Solo "Off" Echo "On" Ventil
ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION ACTION Solo to Great Reversible Coupler
7 Pistons affecting Great and Swell Octaves Reversible Coupler
Pedal Stops and Couplers Solo to Pedal Reversible Coupler
8 Pistons affecting Swell and Great to Pedal Reversible Coupler
Pedal Stops and Couplers Balanced Swell Pedal
5 Pistons affecting Choir and Balanced Great and Choir Pedal
Pedal Stops and Couplers Balanced Solo and Echo Pedal
5 Pistons affecting Solo and To close all boxes
Pedal Stops and Couplers To open all boxes
5 Pedals affecting Pedal Stops Crescendo Pedal
and Couplers
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-05-01]
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