2007-11-16 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. "Theater organ for teaching purposes. Horseshoe console, detached, white enamel with gold appointments. <i>The Diapason</i>, September 1, 1926, page 3." -Database Manager
2012-10-13 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2017-01-03 - Updated by Franklin S. Miller, who has heard or played the organ. <br><br> This is the instrument [gasp!!] which Heinrich Fleischer, the prominent German organist, a pupil of Karl Straube and Michael Schneider, had at his disposal at the time he taught at Chicago Musical College. I studied with him on this instrument, and also was enrolled in a course on the history of organ music with him. I vividly recall one day Fleischer playing the great "Aus Tiefer Not" (with the double pedal--c.f. in right foot!) of Bach, mostly by memory, while commenting on the music as he played! (He didn't use any of the "toy counter" stops, as far as I recall!)<br>The previous organ instructor at Chicago Musical College, was a man by the name of C. Gordon Wedertz, who had been a theater organist in downtown Chicago. He apparently had picked up the instrument sometime after the "talkies" came into existence.<br> Hope everyone enjoys this little reminiscence from a 91 year former pupil of Fleischer at Chicago Musical College around 1951. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Musical College
Moller Op. 4802 1926 4/11
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GREAT (II) ACCOMPANIMENT (I)
16' Tuba tc 16' Basso Vox Humana tc
16' Bassoon tc 16' Diaphone tc
16' Double Open Diapason tc 16' Viole d'Orchestre tc
16' Viole d'Orchestre tc 16' Flute tc
8' Tuba 73 8' Tuba
8' Kinura 73 8' Vox Humana
8' Oboe 61 8' Diapason
8' Saxophone (syn) 8' Tibia
8' Vox Humana 73 8' Concert Flute
8' Diapason Phonon 85 8' Viole d'Orchestre
8' Tibia (small scale) 97 4' Clarion
8' Viole d'Orchestre 85 4' Vox Soprano
8' Concert Flute 85 4' Flute
8' Violoncello Celeste 61 4' Violin
8' Major Violin II 134 2 2/3' Nazard
4' Clarion 2' Piccolo
4' Kinura 1 1/3' Octave Nazard
4' Octave 1' Harmonic String
4' Tibia Super
4' Flute Piano
2' Piccolo Marimba
Super Harp
Chimes Xylophone
Harp Snare Drum Roll
Marimba Jazz Trap
Xylophone Tambourine
Piano Castanets
Chinese Gong
ORCHESTRAL (III) Triangle
16' Tuba tc Sleigh Bells
16' Basso Vox Humana tc Tom Tom
16' Tibia tc
16' Viole d'Orchestre tc ACCOMPANIMENT (2nd TOUCH)
8' Tuba 8' Tuba
8' Vox Humana 8' Diaphone
8' Diapason 8' Tibia
8' Tibia 8' Viole d'Orchestre
8' Viole d'Orchestre Xylophone
8' Violoncello Celeste
8' Concert Flute PEDAL
4' Clarion 32' Diapason Resultant
4' Octave 12' Diapason 12
4' Flute 16' Sub Bass
4' Violin 8' Octave Bass
2 2/3' Quint (Tibia) 8' Flute
2 2/3' String Quint 8' Cello
2 2/3' Nazard Flute 8' Tuba
2' Piccolo
2' Flautina EFFECTS (b)
1' Harmonic String Thunder Sheet
Sub Auto Horn
Super Song Birds 1
Song Birds 2
ORCHESTRAL (2nd TOUCH) Chinese Gong (c)
8' Tuba Castanets
8' Diapason Tambourine
8' Tibia Tympani
8' Viole Grand Crash
4' Clarion Door Bell
Chimes Steamboat Whistle
Train Whistle
SOLO (IV) Surf Effect
16' Tuba tc Rain Effect
16' Double Open Diapason tc Wind Effect
16' Viole d'Orchestre tc Fire Gong
8' Tuba Baby Cry
8' Open Diapason
8' Tibia MECHANICALS
8' Viole d'Orchestre Tremulant
8' Concert Flute Crescendo Indicator
4' Clarion
4' Octave PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4' Tibia Great to Pedal Reversible
4' Flute Balanced Great Expression Pedal
2 2/3' Twelfth (Diapason) Balanced Grand Crescendo Pedal
2' Super Octave
2' Piccolo (Tibia) Strings------Amber
IV String Mixture (a) Reeds--------Red
Sub Couplers-----Black
Super The balance--white
Harp
Marimba
Xylophone Console to be of white enamel
Chimes with stripes of gold; you can
use any type of wood
(a) 4' String, 2 2/3' Flute, 2' String, 1' Flute
(b) Operated by spring-up stopkeys over top manual
(c) Single and repeating stroke
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