Better Pipe Organ Database

Karl Wilhelm Opus 89 (1984)

Chicago Theological Seminary: Chapel
5757 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
26 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2005-09-20 - Identified through on-line information from Matt Emery. -- Located in Graham Taylor Hall (the main seminary chapel) at 5757 S. University Ave., second floor. The gallery for the organ was built for this instrument at its construction--i.e. the original chapel has no balcony. This instrument replaced an earlier electro-pneumatic instrument (that I know no details on) located in a chamber in the side wall at the back of the chapel. The chapel dates from 1927 and is English Gothic in arcitecture, with stone walls and floors and a high arched ceiling which contribute to a very helpful acoustic for the instrument. The instrument currently needs some minor mechanical work which should be forthcoming--releathering of one of the 2 bellows and adjustment of its hitchdown couplers. A complete cleaning and tonal regulation / voicing would not be out of order, but is not anticipated in the immediate future. The instrument has flexible winding. -Database Manager

2006-04-15 - Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 639 (1927). -Database Manager

2007-02-10 - Updated through on-line information from Martin Hill. -Database Manager

2016-09-14 - Updated through online information from Matt Emery. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from photos I've taken. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Chicago, IL

Univeristy of Chicago Bond Chapel of the Divinity School. (*Formerly* at Chicago Theological Seminary.)

Karl Wilhelm 89 1984


Chior: 

Gedackt 8'
Quintadena 8'
Prinzipal 4'
Rohrflote 4'
Doublette 2'
Nazard 2 2/3'
Tierce 1 3/5'
Quinte 1 1/3'
Scharf 2/3' III
Cromorne 8'
Tremolo

Great: 

Prinzipal 8'
Oktave 4'
Superoktave 2'
Mixtur 1 1/3' IV
Bourdon 16'
Rohrflote 8'
Viol da Gamba 8'
Koppelflote 4'
Quinte 2 2/3'
Tropette 8'

Pedal: 

Subbass 16'
Octavbass 8'
Choralbassw4'
Rauschpfeife 2' III
Fagott 16'
Posaune 8'

Couplers: 

Sw to Gt
Sw to Pedal
Gt to Pedal

 [Received from Bill Geraci 2013-01-20.]

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