Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2008-06-12 - 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> Replaced 1936 Wangarin retaining twenty-six existing ranks; burned; replaced by #1328.</i> -Database Manager
2013-01-06 - Updated through online information from Will Dunklin. -- Sanctuary was a total loss due to a fire on December 25, 1955 after the organ had only been used for three services. Replaced in the rebuilt sanctuary in 1959 by 4/91 Op. 1328. -Database Manager
2022-12-12 - From the February 1 1956 Diapason: CHICAGO CHURCH WITH NEW ORGAN DESTROYED BY FIRE Four bells ringing feverishly at 1:00 A.M. Christmas night wakened neighbors of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Chicago to a spectacular fire which completely razed the building. A new sixty-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ had been rushed to completion for the Christmas services and had been played only three times. The adjoining parish house, which was relatively new, was saved, although considerable water and heat damage was noted. The destroyed organ had had previous difficulties in transit. The truck carrying the console and pipes from Boston had overturned in Indiana. The three-manual console had to be rebuilt and the pipes repaired, arriving in Chicago only a few days before the disaster. Arthur Clark is organist and choir director of St. Paul's. https://www.thediapason.com/sites/thediapason/files/195602TheDiapasonA.pdf -ViPa
Stoplist from Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> and 2012 OHS <i>Organ Atlas</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chicago, Illinois
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1281 1955 3 manuals, 49 stops, 59 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Quintaton 61 * 16' Gedeckt 68 *
8' Principal 61 8' Geigen Diapason 68 *
8' Bourdon 61 * 8' Stopped Diapason 68 *
8' Gemshorn 61 * 8' Viola 68 *
4' Octave 61 8' Viola Celeste 68 *
4' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Fluto Dolce 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 56
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Spitz Principal 68
IV Fourniture 244 4' Flauto Traverso 68 *
III Scharf 183 2' Octavin 61
8' Bombarde CH III Plein Jeu 183 a
Chimes 16' Fagotto 68
8' Trumpet 68 *
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Oboe 68 b
8' Viola Pomposa 68 c 8' Vox Humana 68 *
8' Melodia 68 * 4' Clarion 68
8' Spitzgamba 68 a Tremulant
8' Dulciana 68 *
8' Unda Maris (TC) 56 * PEDAL ORGAN
4' Fugara 68 32' Bourdon 32 *
4' Flute d'Amour 68 * 16' Principal 32 a
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Bourdon 12
2' Blockflöte 61 * 16' Quintaten GT
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Gedeckt SW
8' Clarinet 68 * 8' Principal 32 *
8' English Horn 68 8' Bourdon 12
Tremulant 8' Gedeckt SW
8' Bombarde 68 4' Choralbass 32 *
4' Flute 12
ANTIPHONAL ORGAN II Rauschquinte 64 *
8' Spitzflöte 61 32' Contra Fagotto 12 SW
8' Gedeckt 61 16' Posaune 32 d
4' Montre 61 16' Fagotto SW
III Plein Jeu 183 8' Trumpet 12
4' Clarion 12
ANTIPHONAL PEDAL Chimes GT
16' Spitzbass 12 ANT
8' Montre 12 ANT
* old pipework
a partially old pipework
b old, with new shallots
c old basses
d old stock
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