Better Pipe Organ Database

Hinners Organ Co. (1926)

Bethany Reformed Church / Christ Temple Cathedral
62 W. 111th Place
Chicago, IL

OHS convention: 2012

Images

2011-05-15 - Chancel, Console, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2011-05-15 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2011-05-15 - Church Exterior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2011-05-15 - Original Cornerstone (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
30 stops
38 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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
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

2012-01-21 - The organ was installed when the building was completed in 1926. Clarence Eddy played the dedicatory recital on October 30, 1926. Bethany was the first megachurch in its denomination (Reformed Church in America), with the congregation's membership reaching 2,400 by 1944. The congregation sold the building to Christ Temple Cathedral in 1972 and relocated to Lynwood, Illinois. -Database Manager

2012-06-16 - The Great, Swell, Choir, and Pedal are installed in two chambers on either side of the choir loft. The Great and Choir are under expression together, with the Swell being under expression separately. The Echo division is located at the rear gallery on the west side. Austin Organs replaced the console in 1954. -Database Manager

2012-09-17 - Updated through online information from Mark Sudeith. -- Demonstrated this organ on July 9, 2012 for the OHS National Convention in Chicago -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from OHS Convention website. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Chicago, Illinois
BETHANY REFORMED CHURCH (former congregation)
CHRIST TEMPLE CATHEDRAL, CHURCH OF CHRIST (HOLINESS) (current congregation)

Hinners Organ Company      1926
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GREAT:                              SWELL:
    8' First Diapason 73               16' Bourdon 97
    8' Second Diapason 73               8' Diapason 73
    8' Viol d'Gamba 73                  8' Stopped Flute
    8' Gross Flute 73                   8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
    8' Doppel Flute 73                  8' Viole Celeste [TC] 61           
    4' Harmonic Flute 73                8' Echo Salicional 73
    8' Trumpet 73                       4' Flute d'Amour
                                    2 2/3' Flute Quint
ECHO:                                   2' Flageolet
    8' Clarabella 73                    8' Cornopean 73
    8' Gedeckt 73                       8' Oboe 73
    8' Viole Aetheria 73                8' Vox Humana 73
    8' Vox Angelica [TC] 61                Tremulant
    4' Fern Flute 73                          
       Tremulant                     CHOIR:
                                        8' Violin Diapason 73
PEDAL:                                  8' Concert Flute 73
   32' Bourdon Resultant                8' Dulciana 73
   16' Diapason 44                      8' Unda Maris [TC] 61
   16' Bourdon 32                       4' Flute Traverso 73
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt [SW]            2' Piccolo 73
    8' Violoncello 32                   8' Clarinet 73
    8' Flute [from Diapason]               Tremulant
   16' Echo Bourdon 12 [ECHO]              Harp Celeste

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • January 30, 2012]