Community Presbyterian Church
39 N. Prospect
Clarendon Hills, IL
Images
Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Keydesk (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Keydesk and Pedalboard (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ Case (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Electric Stop Action (back side) (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Tracker System (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Tracker System (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (September 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell Division Pipework (Photograph by Hunter Henderson (October 2018)/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 22 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 56 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2013-02-02 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Identified by Connor Annable, using information from an unidentified web site.
-- -Database Manager
2018-12-01 - Updated by Hunter Henderson, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>Community Presbyterian Church<br>Clarendon Hills, Illinois<br><br>Year of Commission 1997<br><br>Several years prior to the commission of Opus 93, Bonni Rex, then organist at Community Presbyterian Church, invited Martin Ott to inspect the existing organ. This pipe organ was of poor design and in feeble condition. A collection from several different old organ parts and pipes were installed in ceiling chambers. We were asked to prepare a preliminary specification for a mechanical action organ. Bonni was a pupil of Professor Robert Reeves, organ faculty at Northern Illinois State University in DeKalb, Illinois. She studied organ on our Martin Ott\'s Opus 17 in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at Northern Illinois University.<br><br>In 1997 Community Presbyterian Church had arrived at the decision to form an organ committee. It was evident that the old instrument needed to be replaced. Fred Veenbaas, chair of the organ committee and Lee McGinty, Music Director contacted us again. Several meetings with the Organ Committee; Barbara Coop, Secretary of the Sanctuary project committee and Pastor Christine A. Chakoian occurred. We received on November 23, 1997, the commission for a new instrument.<br><br>In the process of planning for the new organ, interest for building renovations soon followed. Architect Robert Franzen from Gilmore Franzen Architects, Inc. from Oak Park, Illinois and acoustician Scott Riedel from Scott Riedel & Associates from Milwaukee, Wisconsin were hired. By moving the altar closer to the nave and out of the previous sanctuary, left a newly created chancel available to house the new organ. The small footprint of the organ allowed spacious room for choir and piano. This front location is advantageous since the sound of the organ and musician projects into the nave.<br><br>The instrument was delivered on Sunday, November 26, 2000, and the unloading started at 3:00 PM with the help of many enthusiastic parishioners.<br><br>The instrument was a memorial gift from the Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schenck family in honor of their mother, who was also an organist. Construction was begun on the organ in 1999, and it was transported to Clarendon Hills from the organbuilder-s shop in St. Louis in November 2000, and was first played in worship on February, 2001.<br><br>The dedication service was held on April 22nd, 2001, David Schrader played the Dedication Recital. (Source: Clarendon Hills Community Presbyterian Church, Illinois.) INFORMATION LISTED IN NOTES WAS TAKEN FROM MARTTIN OTT WEBSITE. I visited this organ on October 5,2018 -Database Manager
Stoplist
Original document from Hunter Henderson. Source: Stop list copied from the Martin Ott organ company website 2018-10-09
Clarendon Hills, IL
Community Presbyterian Church
Organ by Martin Ott Pipe Organ Co.
Hauptwerk Pipes
Prinzipal 8' 56 - 70% tin
Rohrflöte 8’ 56 - 40% tin
Oktave 4' 56 - 70% tin
Flöte 4' 56 - 40% tin
Nasat 2 2/3' 56 - 40% tin
Oktave 2' 56 - 70% tin
Terz 1 3/5' 56 - 40% tin
Mixtur IV 224 - 70% tin
Trompete 8' 56 - 70% tin
Schwellwerk
Salicional 8' (previous organ) 56 - 70% tin
Vox Celeste 8' (tc) (prev. organ) 44 - 70% tin
Gedackt 8’ 56 - 40% tin
Prinzipal 4' 56 - 70% tin
Blockflöte 4' 56 - 40% tin
Nachthorn 2' 56 - 40% tin
Scharf III 1' 168 - 70% tin
Krummhorn 8' 56 - 70% tin
Tremulant
Zimbelstern
Pedal
Subbass 16' (prev. organ) 30 - pine
Oktave 8' 30 - 70% tin
Gedackt 8' (Subb.) 12 - pine
Choralbass 4' 30 - 51% tin
Posaune 16' 30 - pine
Couplers
HW - PED
SW - PED
SW - HW
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