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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 2076 (1985)

Moody Memorial Church: Sanctuary
1635 N. LaSalle
Chicago, IL

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Eric Allix Rogers, via openhousechicago.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-07-11 - Non-playing façade pipes (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-07-11 - Console (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2006-07-11 - Church interior (Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Eric Allix Rogers, via openhousechicago.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1985-06-01 - Sanctuary and Facade Pipes (Image from Reuter Organ Company; used with permission/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
45 stops
64 registers
5 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 combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2010-02-03 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ includes materials from the church's previous organ, Reuter's Opus 308, which was damaged by fire in 1986. The exposed pipes are fake and do not speak. -Database Manager

2021-08-17 - From Wikipedia: Dedication of the building was on November 8, 1925. Covering an area of 140 feet by 225 feet, it has permanent seating for 3,740 people, 2,270 on the main floor and 1,470 in the balcony. Summer cooling was originally provided by means of a large pit in an alley in back of the building, where large loads of ice would be dumped. Air was then blown over the ice and out of mushroom-shaped vents under the auditorium seats. The system could recirculate the church’s air in six minutes. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist from factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Chicago, Illinois
MOODY MEMORIAL CHURCH

Reuter Organ Company     
Built as Opus 308 in 1928
Rebuilt as Opus 2076 in 1986 after church fire
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GREAT:                               CHOIR:
   16’ Geigen Diapason 73               16’ Contra Gamba 85†
    8’ Diapason 73                       8’ Concert Flute 73
    8’ Bourdon 73                        8’ Gamba
    8’ Claribel Flute 73                 8’ Gamba Celeste pf
    8’ Erzahler 73                       4’ Principal 61
    8’ Erzahler Celeste 61               4’ Flute d’Amour 73
    4’ Octave 73*                    2 2/3’ Rohr Nazard 61*
    4’ Flute Harmonic 73                 2’ Harmonic Piccolo
2 2/3’ Twelfth 61                    1 3/5’ Tierce 61*
    2’ Fifteenth 61                     16’ English Horn [TC] 61
    V  Fourniture 305•                   8’ Trompette pf
    8’ French Trumpet 73                 8’ Clarinet 73
    8’ Festival Trompette [SOLO]         8’ Festival Trompette [SOLO]
    4’ Clarion 73=                          Blank Draw Knob
       Blank Draw Knob                      Tremolo
       Chimes
       Tremolo                       SOLO: (unenclosed)
                                         8’ Principal pf
SWELL:                                   4’ Octave pf
   16’ Lieblich Gedeckt 73               V  Mixture pf
    8’ Geigen 73                         8’ Festival Trompette pf
    8’ Gedeckt 73†                       4’ Festival Trompette pf
    8’ Solo Violin II 134     
    8’ Salicional 73†                PEDAL:
    8’ Voix Celeste [GG] 66†            32’ Contra Bourdon 12
    4’ Principal 73                     32’ Resultant
    4’ Traverso Flute 73                16’ Contra Bass 12
2 2/3’ Nazard pf                        16’ Principal 56*
    2’ Flautino 61                      16’ Geigen Diapason [GT]
1 3/5’ Tierce pf                        16’ Bourdon 32
   IV  Mixture 244*                     16’ Contra Gamba [CH]
   16’ Basson 73*                       16’ Lieblich Gedeckt [SW]
    8’ Trumpet 73=                       8’ Principal
    8’ Oboe 73                           8’ Bourdon 12
    8’ Vox Humana 73                     8’ Gedeckt [SW]
    4’ Clarion pf                        4’ Principal
       Blank Draw Knob                   4’ Flute 12*
       Tremolo                          IV  Mixture pf
                                        32’ Trombone 12*
SOLO: (enclosed)                        16’ Bombarde pf
    8’ Doppel Flute 73 [came from GT]   16’ Trombone 32
    8’ Gamba 73                         16’ Contra Basson [SW]
    8’ Gamba Celeste [TC] 61             8’ Bombarde pf
    4’ Hohl Flute 73                     8’ Basson [SW]
   16’ French Trumpet [TC]               8’ Festival Trompette [SOLO] 
    8’ French Trumpet 61                 4’ Bombarde pf
    4’ Clarion 12*                          Blank Draw Knobs (4)
       Tremolo

    * new pipes and chests             • new pipes on existing chests
    † rescaled or revoiced pipes       = new reeds and/or shallots   

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma February 15, 2010.]

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