Better Pipe Organ Database

Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. Opus 30 (1990)

Westminster Presbyterian Church (1989)
2700 W Highland Avenue
Elgin, IL

Images

ca. 1990 - Display pipes in front (Builder's website/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1990 - Console (Builder's website/Jim Stettner)

2020-12-13 - Chancel with exposed pipework (Church Facebook page; still capture from video/Jim Stettner)

Date unknown - Church exterior (Church photo posted to Yelp/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
26 stops
50 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: Computerized/Digital
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

2012-03-28 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: organbuilder website, 2012-08-10) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Elgin, Illinois
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Quimby Pipe Organs, Opus 30, 1990   3 manuals, 36 ranks
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      GREAT (unenclosed)                 SWELL (enclosed)             PEDAL
   16 Violone* (Sw Viola, 1-12 Ged)   16 Gedeckt                   32 Resultant (from Subbass)
    8 Principal                        8 Gedeckt (ext)             16 Principal (Gt 8, ext)
    8 Rohrflute                        8 Viola                     16 Subbass
    8 Viola (Sw)                       8 Viola Celeste GG          16 Gedeckt (Sw)
    4 Octave                           4 Spitz Principal            8 Octave (ext)
    4 Blockflote (1-12 Rohrflute)      4 Flute Harmonique           8 Bourdon (ext Subbass)
2-2/3 Nazard TC                        2 Flageolet                  8 Gedeckt (Sw)
    2 Super Octave                     2 Mixture IV                 8 Viola (Sw)
    2 Blockflote (ext)                16 Hautbois                   8 Gemshorn (Ch)
1-1/3 Mixture IV                       8 Trompette                  4 Super Octave (ext)
   16 Hautbois (Sw)                    8 Hautbois (ext)             4 Rohrflote (Gt ext)
    8 Trumpet                            Tremolo                    2 Mixture III
    4 Clarion (ext)                                                32 Contra Posaune (ext Gt Tmpt)
      Chimes                             CHOIR                     16 Posaune (ext Gt Trumpet)
                                       8 Hohlflote (1-12 stopped)   8 Trompette (Sw)
      COUPLERS                         8 Gemshorn                   8 Hautbois (Sw)
      Gt Unison Off                    8 Gemshorn Celeste TC        4 Clarion (Sw Trompette)
      Sw to Sw 16, UO, 4               4 Koppelflote                4 Cromorne (Ch ext)
      Ch to Ch 16, UO, 4               2 Principal                  
      Sw to Gt 16, 8, 4            1-1/3 Quint (ext Gemshorn)         PEDAL MOVEMENTS
      Sw to Ch 16, 8, 4                1 Mixture III                  Crescendo Pedal
      Ch to Gt 16, 8, 4                8 Cromorne                     Swell Pedal
      Gt to Ch 8                         Tremolo                      Choir Pedal
      Gt to Pd 8                         Cymbelstern                  Sfz. Rvsbl Pdl & Pist
      Sw to Pd 8, 4                                                   Gt to Pd Rvsbl Pdl & Pist 
      Ch to Pd 8, 4                      COMBINATION ACTION           Sw to Pd Rvsbl Pdl & Pist 
                                         10 Generals Toe and Piston   Ch to Pd Rvsbl Pdl & Pist 
                                         6 Pistons ea Manual Div.     Sw to Gt Reversible
                                         6 Pedal Pistons & Toe        Ch to Gt Reversible
                                         General Cancel Piston        32 Resultant Revesible Paddle
                                         Set Piston
                                             Reeds Off Piston
                                             Mixtures Off Piston
                                             Manual 16's Pedal
                                             32's Off Piston
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-08-07]