2008-12-15 - Chamber facade and chancel; from an old church notecard (Digital image by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-11-28 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was installed with a minimalist stoplist, and many prepared-for registers. These were added over the years. Most of the stoptabs for speaking stops were white. Reed voices were red. And couplers were black. Installed in a single chamber on the right wall of the chancel behind a pipe case/grille. Console directly beneath. When the organ was replaced in 1983 with a new Casavant, it is reported to have been moved to a church in Texas. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from church documentation Date not recorded
Evanston, Illinois
Northminster Presbyterian Church
GEO. KILGEN & SON, Inc., Opus 4381, 1929 - Original Specifications
GREAT (Expressive) SWELL (Expressive)
8 Open Diapason 61 16 Lieblich Gedeckt 12
blank –- blank –-
8 Dulciana (Ch) -- 8 Stopped Flute 61
blank –- 8 Salicional 73
4 Octave 61 8 Voix Celeste (tc) 61
blank –- 4 Flute 12
blank -- 4 Salicet 12
blank -- 2 2/3 Nasard 7
blank –- 2 Flautino 5
blank –- blank –-
Chimes (prep) (2_) blank –-
blank –-
Great to Great 16' 8 Vox Humana 61
Great Unison Off Tremolo
Great to Great 4'
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
CHOIR (Expressive) Swell to Swell 4'
blank –-
8 Concert Flute 61
8 Dulciana 61 PEDAL (Expressive)
blank –- 32 Resultant –-
4 Flute 12 16 Bourdon 32
4 Dulcet 12 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) –-
2 2/3 Dolce Twelfth 7 blank
2 Dolcetina 5 8 Bourdon 12
blank –- 8 Gedeckt (Sw) –-
blank –- 4 Block Floete 12
Tremolo
Choir to Choir 16'
Choir Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4'
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal 8,4 General 1 – 6
Great to Pedal 8,4 Swell & Pedal 1 – 6
Choir to Pedal 8 Great & Pedal 1 – 6
Choir & Pedal 1 – 6
Swell to Great 16,8,4
Choir to Great 16,8,4
Swell to Choir 16,8,4
TOE STUDS
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
ACTION: E-P primary VOICES: 9 STOPS: 28 RANKS: 9 PIPES: ___
& unit
NOTES
The stoplist presented here represents the specification of the organ as ini-
tially installed. It was designed to be 18 ranks distributed across 40 stops
with the aid of extensions and borrows. It ultimately grew to 28 ranks before
being replaced by a new Casavant in 1982-83.
The following excerpt is taken from the August 1929 issue of the Northminster
Herald, page 4, "The Pastor's Column: "The latest forward step was taken at a
congregational meeting on Sunday, July 14th, when the Trustees were authorized
to sign a contract with the Kilgen Organ Co. of St. Louis to install a three-
manual pipe organ in our Church in time for the opening service. This organ is
to be a Mother's Memorial, and everyone in the congregation will be asked to
make this organ possible by adding their own Mother's name to the tablet on
the organ. Whether she be living or deceased, here in Evanston or at a dis-
tance, we can put their names in the list at a small cost to each one of us,
and yet provide a suitable memorial to our Mothers. The resulting fund will
provide us with what is so necessary to our new Church, a beautiful organ.
When the Organ Committee presents a plan, we can all help and have a share in
the Organ.
And, from pages 8 and 9:
Sources: Church documents
Northminster Presbyterian Church
2515 Central Park Ave.
Evanston, IL. 60201Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.