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Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 210 (1913)

Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL

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


Images


Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2005-12-21 - Identified 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> Installed in 1914; restoration including tonal changes in 1946 (six ranks added); replaced by #1516 in 1970.</i> -Database Manager

2005-12-21 - From the OHS PC Database: Congregation was formerly North Presbyterian which became Fourth Presbyterian after merger with Westminster Presbyterian in 1871. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i>, May 1931 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Chicago, Illinois
Fourth Presbyterian Church

The Ernest M. Skinner Co.   Opus 210   1913       4 manuals, 74 stops, 57 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
       16' Diapason            61             16' Bourdon             73
       16' Bourdon             17 PED         16' Dulciana            73
        8' First Diapason      61              8' Diapason            73
        8' Second Diapason     61              8' Clarabella          73
        8' Third Diapason      61              8' Spitzflöte          73
        8' Philomela          PED              8' Gedeckt             73
        8' Waldflöte           61              8' Salicional          73
        8' Erzähler            61              8' Voix Celestes       73
        4' Octave              61              8' Aeoline             73
        4' Flute               61              8' Unda Maris (TC)     61
        2' Fifteenth           61              4' Octave              73
       16' Ophicleide          61              4' Flute               73
        8' Tromba              12              2' Flautino            61
        4' Clarion             12            III  Mixture            183
                                              16' Contra Posaune      73
           CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Cornopean           73
       16' Gamba               73              8' Oboe                73
        8' Geigen Principal    73              8' Vox Humana          73
        8' Concert Flute       73              4' Clarion             73
        8' Quintaden           73                 Tremolo
        8' Kleine Erzähler     61
        8' Dulcet II          122                 ECHO ORGAN
        4' Flute               73              8' Diapason            61
        2' Piccolo             61              8' Gedeckt             61
       16' English Horn        73              4' Flute               61
       16' Fagotto             73              8' Vox Humana          61
        8' Clarinet            73                 Tremolo
        8' Orchestral Oboe     73
        8' Flugel Horn         73                 PEDAL ORGAN
           Tremolo                            32' Contra Violone      32
        4' Celesta             61 bars        16' Diapason            32
                                              16' Violone             12
           SOLO ORGAN                         16' First Bourdon       32
        8' Philomela          PED             16' Second Bourdon      SW
        8' Gamba               73             16' Gamba               CH
        8' Gamba Celeste       73             16' Dulciana            SW
       16' Fagotto             CH              8' Octave              12
        8' Tuba Mirabilis      73              8' Gedeckt             12
        8' French Horn         73              8' Cello               SO
        8' Flugel Horn         CH              8' Still Gedeckt       SW
        8' Orchestral Oboe     CH             32' Bombarde            12
           Tremolo                            16' Ophicleide          GT
                                              16' Posaune             SW
                                               8' Tromba              GT
                                               4' Tromba              GT


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-07-27]


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