Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 2500 (1926)

American College of Surgeons
Chicago, IL

OHS convention: 2012

Images

2008-09-30 - Auditorium Interior and Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2008-09-30 - Console (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2008-09-30 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2008-09-30 - Stop Buttons (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2008-09-30 - Preset Pistons (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Push-Button Stop Controls/Luminous Pistons

Notes

2007-10-22 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2012-04-17 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: From builder's website and Chicago 2012 OHS Convention Book Date not recorded

Chicago, Illinois
American College of Surgeons - Murphy Auditorium

Estey Organ Company   Opus 2500   1927    3 manuals, 21 stops, 21 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                        SWELL ORGAN
      8' Open Diapason                   8' Clarabella
      8' Melodia                         8' Stopped Diapason
      8' Dulciana                        8' Viol d'Amour
      4' Flute Harmonic                  8' Muted Viol
      8' Cor de Chamois                  8' Unda Maris
           Tremolo                       4' Flute d'Amour
           Great to Great 4'             2' Flautino
           Unison                        8' Oboe
           Swell to Great 16'            8' Vox Humana
           Swell to Great 8'                  Tremolo
           Swell to Great 4'                  Swell to Swell 16'
           Orch. to Great 16'                 Swell to Swell 4'
           Orch. to Great 8'                  Unison
           Orch. to Great 4'                  Chimes

         ORCHESTRAL ORGAN                   PEDAL ORGAN
     16' Viol d'Orchestre               16' Open Diapason
      8' Concert Flute                  16' Bourdon (Sw)
      8' Viol d'Orchestre               16' Bass Viol (Orch)
      8' Viol Celeste                    8' Bass Flute (fr. OpDiap)
      4' Traverse Flute                  8' Flauto Dolce (Sw)
      4' Violin                          8' Cello (Orch)
      8' Clarinet                             Swell to Pedal 8'
      8' Cornopean                            Great to Pedal 8'
         Harp                                 Orch. to Pedal 8'

         COMBINATIONS                       EXPRESSION
         Swell        1-2-3-4-5-6           Balanced Great Pedal
         Great        1-2-3-4               Balanced Swell Pedal
         Orchestral   1-2-3-4-5             Balanced Orchestral Pedal
         Universal    1-2-3-4               Crescendo Pedal

         REVERSIBLES                        INDICATOR LIGHTS
         Great to Pedal                     Sforzando
         Sforzando                          Crescendo

         Luminous Console
         Special Automatic Cabinet


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-07-27]

Websites

Opus 2500 - American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)