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M. P. Möller Opus R-538 (1956)

Hyde Park Baptist Church / Hyde Park Union Church
5600 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago: Hyde Park, IL

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
37 stops
25 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2005-12-21 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Rebuild of Skinner Opus 211 (1913). -Database Manager

2011-04-18 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2013-01-01 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Became affiliated with the United Church of Christ in 1963 and was renamed Hyde Park Union Church. In 2012, the church website said that the organ was newly renovated. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Chicago, Illinois
       Hyde Park Baptist Church/Hyde Park Union Church

       E M Skinner   Op. 211     1913   3/21
       Möller        Op. R-538   1955   3/30
       ________________________________________________

    *  retained from the Skinner

       GREAT                          CHOIR
    8' Principal      61           8' Lochgedeckt    61
    8' Gedeckt        SW           8' Gemshorn       61 a
    8' Dulciana       SW           4' Harmonic Flute 61
    4' Octave         61           2' Blockflote     61
    4' Nachthorn      SW          II  Sesquialtera  122 b
  III  Fourniture    183              Tremolo
    8' Trompette      SW              Sub
       Sub                            Unison Off
       Unison Off                     Super
       Super
       Chimes                         PEDAL
                                  16' Sub Bass       32
       SWELL                      16' Gedackt        SW
   16' Bourdon        61 *         8' Principal      32
    8' Gedackt        61 *         8' Bourdon        12
    8' Salicional     61 *         8' Gedackt        SW
    8' Voix Celeste   49 *     5 1/3' Quint          32
    8' Dulciana       61           4' Oktav          12
    8' Unda Maris     49           4' Gedackt        SW
    4' Spitzprinzipal 61          16' Bassoon        SW
    4' Nachthorn      61           8' Bassoon        SW
2 2/3' Nasard         61           4' Bassoon        SW
    2' Piccolo        61 *     
  III  Plein Jeu     183
   16' Bassoon  L/2   61
    8' Trompette      61
    4' Rohrschalmei   61
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

    a  present Erzahler revoiced; 12 new pipes, 49 old
    b  17-19

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 22, 2013]

Documents

(1955-06-23) Factory Documentation Factory Documentation courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak

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#22246 - Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 211 (1913)