2010-11-14 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2010-11-15 - Sanctuary interior angle (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2010-11-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2008-07-03 - 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 1968; extant; unaltered.</i> -Database Manager
2010-06-16 - Updated through online information from Randell Franklyn Busby. -- Visually stunning exposed pipework, in a stunning late 60-s era Brutalist architecture style building. As with all Christian Scientist churches, console hidden at the base of the elevated readers desk (pulpit). While undeniably proud of the instrument, the woman with whom I spoke specifically mentioned the challenges (cost) of maintaining an instrument of such size and significance with a small, and shrinking, congregation. If there is an "endangered organs" list, this instrument deserves to be placed on that list. -Database Manager
2018-08-18 - Console rebuilt by Fabry after a flood in the church's basement in 2002 ruined the combination action. -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chicago, Illinois
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1450 1967 3 manuals, 45 stops, 59 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Violone 61 8' Flûte à Cheminée 61
8' Principal 61 8' Viola Pomposa 61
8' Holzgedeckt 61 8' Viola Celeste 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Flauto Dolce 61
4' Octave 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 49
4' Rohrflöte 61 4' Montre 61
2' Blockflöte 61 4' Bourdon Harmonique 61
IV Fourniture 244 2 2/3' Nasat 61
III Cymbal 183 2' Nachthorn 61
16' Fagott 61 1 3/5' Terz 61
8' Trompete 61 IV Plein Jeu 244
16' Hautbois 61
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Trompette 61
16' Gedeckt 61 4' Rohrschalmei 61
8' Prestant 61 Tremulant
8' Pommergedeckt 12
8' Erzähler 61 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Erzähler Celeste (TC) 49 32' Soubasse 32
4' Principal 61 16' Principal 32
4' Spillflöte 61 16' Soubasse 12
2' Octave 61 16' Violone GT
1 1/3' Quint 61 16' Gedeckt CH
1' Sifflöte 61 8' Octave 32
IV Mixtur 244 8' Spitzflöte 32
8' Krummhorn 61 8' Gedeckt CH
4' Regal 61 4' Choralbass 32
Tremulant 4' Blockflöte 32
8' Trompette GT IV Mixture 128
32' Kontra Fagott 12 GT
16' Bombarde 32
16' Fagott GT
16' Hautbois SW
8' Trompette 12
4' Clairon 12
4' Fagott GT
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2013-11-14]
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