Better Pipe Organ Database

Berghaus Organ Co. (1984)

Ascension Episcopal Church
1133 N. LaSalle Blvd.
Chicago, IL

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
3 manuals
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-22 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- According to the photos and text on the church's website, the Schlicker was given a new terraced drawknob console and tonal changes by Berghaus in 1984, with further tonal changes in 2001, and is now 64 ranks. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: Northway & Schnurr, 2005) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Church of the Ascension (Episcopal)
      Chicago, Illinois
      Schlicker Organ Co., 1964
      Altered Berghaus Organ Co., 1984
      OHS ID: 37901
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      GREAT (II)          SWELL (III)             POSITIV (I)        PEDAL
   16 Quintaton         8 Rohrflote*            8 Gedackt         32 Untersatz
    8 Principal         8 Salicional*           4 Principal       16 Principal
    8 Gemshorn          8 Voix Celeste          4 Rohrflote       16 Subbass (ext 32)
    8 Holzflote         4 Principal*             2 Octave           8 Octave (ext 16)
    4 Octave            4 Koppelflote*           2 Blockflote       8 Flachflote
    4 Hohlflote     2-2/3 Nasat             1-3/5 Terz             8 Gedackt (ext 32)
    2 Schwegel          2 Italian Principal 1-1/3 Klein Nasat      4 Choralbass
      Cornet V TF   1-3/5 Terz                  1 Sifflote         4 Gedackt (ext 32)
      Mixture IV-VI       Mixture IV-V            Mixture III-IV   2 Hohlflote
      Scharf IV        16 Fagott                  Terzzimbel III     Rauschpfeife III
   16 Trumpet           8 Schalmei             16 Holzregal          Mixture III
    8 Trumpet (ext)     4 Clarion               8 Krummhorn       32 Contrafagott (ext Sw)
                          Tremulant               Tremulant       16 Posaune
                                                8 Trumpet (Gt)    16 Fagott (Sw)
    * Stops thus indicated available from                          8 Trumpet (ext 16)
      25-note (from tenor C) keyboard at                           8 Trumpet (Gt)
      conductor's podium.                                          2 Cornet (ext Sw Schalmei)
                                                                     Tremulant
                                                                     Zimbelstern
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-10-08]

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