Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 2012 (1992)

College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue
Wheaton, IL

Images

1992-12-01 - Chancel, Chamber Grille, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Lisa Kern/Database Manager)

1992-12-01 - Pipe Facade and Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by Lisa Kern/Database Manager)

1992-10-01 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Lisa Kern/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
44 stops
65 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)
Has crescendo
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

2008-08-19 - Identified through online information from Scott Frizen. -Database Manager

2008-08-20 - Updated through online information from Scott Frizen. -Database Manager

2008-09-20 - Updated through online information from Scott Frizen. -Database Manager

2010-04-14 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ has been featured several times on the radio programs The Sound of Majesty (produced by Moody Radio) and Pipedreams. The organ replaced a Casavant organ that had been used in the church's previous sanctuary. -Database Manager

2017-12-22 - Updated by Edward Bouvier, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Wheaton, Illinois
COLLEGE CHURCH OF WHEATON

Schantz Organ Company    Opus 2012    55 ranks     1992
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GREAT: (unenclosed)              SWELL: (enclosed)
   16' Gemshorn 73                  16' Rohrgedackt 73
    8' Principal 61                  8' Geigen Principal 61
    8' Gemshorn                      8' Rohrflöte 
    8' Bourdon 61                    8' Viola da Gamba 61
    8' Harmonic Flute 61             8' Viola Celeste 61
    4' Octave 61                     8' Flauto Dolce 61
    4' Hohlflöte 61                  8' Flute Celeste 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                    4' Principal 61
    2' Super Octave 61               4' Harmonic Flute 61
   IV  Mixture 244                   2' Waldflöte 61
    8' Trumpet 61                   IV  Mixture 244
    8' Trompette en Chamade 61      16' Bassoon Hautbois 73
       Tremulant                     8' Trompette 61
       Chimes                        8' Hautbois 
                                     8' Vox Humana 61
PEDAL: (unenclosed)                  4' Clarion 61
   32' Bourdon                       8' Trompette en Chamade [GT]
   16' Principal 44                     Tremulant
   16' Subbass 44
   16' Gemshorn [GT]             CHOIR: (enclosed)
   16' Bourdon                       8' Principal 61
    8' Principal                     8' Salicional 61
    8' Gemshorn [GT]                 8' Salicional Celeste 49
    8' Bourdon [GT]                  8' Gedackt 61
    8' Rohrflöte [SW]                4' Principal 61
    4' Octave 32                     4' Koppel Flute 61
    4' Nachthorn 32              2 2/3' Nasard 73
   IV  Mixture 96                    2' Blockflöte 61
   32' Posaune 56 *              1 3/5' Tierce 61
   16' Posaune                   1 1/3' Larigot
   16' Bassoon Hautbois [SW]       III  Mixture 183
    8' Posaune                      16' Krummhorn 
    4' Posaune                       8' Krummhorn 73
    4' Krummhorn [CH]                8' Petite Trompette 61
    8' Trompette en Chamade [GT]     4' Rohr Schalmei 61
                                     8' Trompette en Chamade [GT]
    *  8-12 full-length              8' Trumpet [GT]
                                        Tremulant

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma April 15, 2010.]