Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 302 (1956)

Wesley Methodist Church
14 N. May St.
Aurora, IL

Images

2018-08-03 - Console (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-03 - Right Chamber (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-03 - Left Chamber and Console (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-03 - Organ Chambers (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-03 - Church Interior (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-03 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
24 stops
37 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2011-04-24 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-09-20 - Updated through online information from Bill Nelson. -Database Manager

2012-10-21 - Updated through online information from William Nelson. -- The Geigen Diapason for the Swell was never installed. A Trumpet 8' was added to the Choir Division in 1997. -Database Manager

2018-08-04 - Updated by Hunter Henderson, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1956 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Aurora, Illinois
       Wesley Methodist Church

       Schantz   Op. 302   1956   3/27
       ______________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR
    8' Open Diapason    61         8' Viola                73
    8' Hohlflöte        61         8' Nasonflöte           73
    4' Octave           61         8' Dulciana             73
2 2/3' Twelfth          61         8' Unda Maris           61
    2' Fifteenth        61         4' Koppelflöte          73
   IV  Fourniture      244     2 2/3' Nazard               61
       Tremulant                   2' Spitzflöte           61
       Sub                            Tremulant
       Unison Off                     Sub
       Super                          Unison Off
       Chimes                         Super
                                      Chimes
       SWELL
   16' Rohrgedeckt      85            PEDAL
    8' Geigen Diapason  73        16' Double Open Diapason 32
    8' Rohrflöte                  16' Bourdon              32
    8' Viole            73        16' Rohrgedeckt          SW
    8' Viole Celeste    61    10 2/3' Quint
    4' Principal        73         8' Octave               12
    4' Harmonic Flute   73         8' Bass Flute           12
    2' Piccolo                     8' Rohrflöte            SW
  III  Plein Jeu       183         4' Choralbass           12
   16' Contra Fagotto              4' Flute                12
    8' Trompette        73        16' Trompette            12 SW
    4' Hautbois         73         8' Trompette            SW
       Tremulant                   4' Clarion              SW
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  April 24, 2011]