Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 678 (1941)

St. John United Church of Christ: Sanctuary
2428 Moffat Ave
Chicago, IL

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
21 stops
42 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

Notes

2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager

2009-08-18 - Updated through on-line information from Robert Koffski. -Database Manager

2016-12-13 - Updated through online information from Alex Fries. <br>The church has been demolished and most of the organ has been destroyed and/or sold. -Database Manager

2022-05-25 - Retained some ranks for the previous organ, a Barckhoff. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON October 1942

       Chicago, Illinois
       St. John's Evangelical Church

       Reuter   Op. 678   1941   3/24
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)           CHOIR
  * 8' Open Diapason   73   *  8' Violin Diapason  73
    8' Claribel Flute  73   *  8' Melodia          73   
    8' Gemshorn        73   *  8' Dulciana         73
    4' Octave          73   *  4' Flute d'Amour    73
  * 4' Flute Harmonic  73      4' Gemshorn         73
       Tremolo                 8' Corno d'Amour    73
       Chimes          21         Tremolo

       SWELL                      PEDAL
   16' Bourdon         12     16' Major Bass       12 GT
    8' Diapason        73   * 16' Bourdon          32 
  * 8' Gedeckt         73     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
  * 8' Salicional      73      8' Octave           32
  * 8' Voix Celeste    61      8' Gedeckt          SW
  * 4' Principal       73      8' Cello            SW
    4' Flute           12      4' Flute            SW
2 2/3' Nasard           7         Chimes           GT
    2' Flautino         5
   IV  Plein Jeu      225      *  from the Barckhoff
    8' Trumpet         73      a  synthetic
    8' Orchestral Horn  a
    8' Vox Humana      61
       Tremolo

         [Received from Jeff Scofield May 25, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON October 1942 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield