St. Paul's United Church of Christ
2335 N. Orchard
Chicago, IL
Images
2006-07-14 - Church exterior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2006-07-14 - Antiphonal and en-Chamade (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2006-07-14 - Console and organ chamber (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2006-07-14 - Console (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-08-31 - Church interior to rear and Antiphonal (Photograph by Alex Fries, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017-08-31 - Console - Left Toeboard (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
2017-08-31 - Antiphonal Organ (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
2017-08-31 - Chancel and Chamber Openings Screens (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
2017-08-31 - Chancel - Close Up (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
2017-08-31 - Casework - Left Chamber Opening (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
2017-08-31 - Casework - Right Chamber Opening (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
1987-09-04 - Console - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
2017-08-31 - Console - Manuals and Couplers (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
2017-08-31 - Console - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Alex Fries/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 4 manuals
- 59 stops
- 76 registers
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Notes
2005-09-20 - Identified through on-line information from Matt Emery. -- A "Whiteford Aeolian-Skinner." Rebuilt and restored by Len Berghaus over 1998 - 2000. During that rebuilding and restoration, Berghaus added a number of stops to complete the original 1959 specification as well as a handful of stops new to the organ's specification. The pipework is located in divided chambers on the two sides of the traditionally styled chancel. An antiphonal division plays from the wall of the rear balcony, and includes 5 flue manual stops, 2 antiphonal pedal stops, and a Trompette-en-chamade. The antiphonal division appears orginal to the 1959 specification. The sanctuary, circa 1957, is traditionally styled, incorporating many gothic-styled elements. The acoustic is generally supportive. This organ is named "The Phoenix", as it 'rose out of the fire' that destroyed the previous 1898 sanctuary of St. Pauls Church. That fire was believed to have been started by faulty electrical work in the organ that was in that sanctuary. (P.S.: St. Pauls is correctly spelled without the apostrophy, in recognition of their German heritage.) -Database Manager
2008-06-28 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Replaced #1281; dedication recital played by David L. Thorburn on September 13, 1959; some additional work in 1959 during original installation, #1328-A; extant.</i> -Database Manager
2017-09-01 - Updated by Alex Fries, who maintains the organ. <br> <br>Trompette-en-chamade can only be played on the antiphonal keyboard (cannot be transferred via coupler), or by its own drawknob on the great. -Database Manager
Stoplist
From Organ Atlas 2012 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chicago, Illinois
Saint Paul's United Church of Christ
Present stoplist of Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1328
II. GREAT (61 pipes)
16' Quintaten
8' Principal
8' Singend Gedeckt
8' Gemshorn
4' Octave
4' Waldflöte
2 2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
V Grand Tierce (305 pipes)
IV Fourniture (244 pipes)
III Scharf (183 pipes)
8' Bombarde (Ch.)
8' Trompette en Chamade (Ant.)
Great Unison Off
Positiv on Great
Carillon (Chimes, 24 notes, new in 2000)
III. SWELL (enclosed, (68 pipes))
16' Rohrbordun (80 pipes)
8' Geigen Principal
8' Rohrflöte (ext. 16')
8' Flute Conique
8' Flute Celeste (t.c., 56 pipes)
8' Viola da Gamba
8' Viola Celeste
4' Spitzoctave
4' Flauto Traverso
2' Octavin (61 pipes)
IV Plein Jeu (244 pipes)
III Cymbale (183 pipes, new in 2000)
16' Fagotto
8' Trompette
8' Oboe (68 pipes, new in 2000)
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion
Tremulant
Chimes (Gt.)
Swell to Swell 16', UO, 4'
Positiv on Swell
I. CHOIR (enclosed (68 pipes))
8' Viola Pomposa (80 pipes)
8' Viola Celeste
8' Cor de Nuit
8' Dulciana
8' Unda Maris (t.c., 56 pipes)
4' Prestant
4' Zauberflöte
2 2/3' Nazard (61 pipes)
2' Blockflöte (61 pipes)
1 3/5' Tierce (61 pipes)
III-IV Acuta (206 pipes, new in 2000)
16' English Horn
8' Bombarde
8' Cromorne
4' Rohr Schalmei
8' Trompette en Chamade (Ant.)
Tremulant
Chimes (Gt.)
Choir to Choir 16', UO, 4'
Positiv on Choir
POSITIV (floating, 61 pipes)
8' Nason Flöte
4' Koppelflöte
2' Klein Prinzipal
1 1/3' Larigot
1 1/7' Septiéme
1' Sifflöte
III-IV Cymbel (206 pipes)
Tremulant
Zimbelstern*
*variable speed and volume, 6 notes, new in 2000
IV. ANTIPHONAL (61 pipes)
8' Principal
8' Gedeckt (73 pipes)
8' Spitzflöte
4' Montre (73 pipes)
III-V Plein Jeu (244 pipes)
8' Trompette-en-Chamade
Antiphonal to Antiphonal 16', 4'
Positiv on Antiphonal
PEDAL (32 pipes)
32' Resultant (ext. Contre Bass)
32' Bourdon (56 pipes)
16' Contre Bass
16' Bourdon (ext.)
16' Quintaten (Gt.)
16' Contra Viola (ext. Ch.)
16' Rohrbordun (Sw.)
8' Principal
8' Spitzflöte
8' Bourdon (ext. 32')
8' Quintaten (ext. Gt.)
8' Rohrflöte (ext. Sw.)
5 1/3' Quinte (new in 2000)
4' Choral Bass
4' Nachthorn
2' Spillflöte
III-IV Mixture (120 pipes, new in 2000)
32' Bombarde (68 pipes)
16' Bombarde (ext.)
16' Fagotto (Sw.)
8' Trompette-en-Chamade (Ant.)
8' Bombarde (ext.)
8' Fagotto (ext. Sw.)
4' Bombarde (ext.)
4' Rohr Schalmei (Ch.)
Carillon (Chimes)
Positiv on Pedal
[Received from Connor Annable 2012-08-08.]
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