Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2013-06-25 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by William Dunklin, based on information from a vintage postcard. -- Known from a postcard mailed in 1918. Zion Tabernacle was an 8000 seat auditorium built for the original congregation of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church. A short history of the denomination is available on Wikipedia. After a series of scandals and splits in the congregation, the massive Zion Tabernacle was burned in 1937 and the organ presumably lost. -Database Manager
2013-06-27 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -Database Manager
2014-02-13 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Felgemaker's magnum opus. The tubular pneumatic action soon proved troublesome, and Austin replaced the keydesk with a remote electro-pnuematic console in 1923 or 24, modifying the action as required. The organ was dedicated by Wilhelm Middleschulte. It is said, by those who can remember the sound, to have been audible "all the way to Sheridan Road when 'Jerusalem' was played." Whatever the case, the organ was certainly audible, in the days before air conditioning, in the central district of Zion, a town which had been founded and governed by the church. The Shiloh Tabernacle was located in a park at the exact center of Zion, and the four main roads led to it. The wooden tabernacle structure burned in 1937, and the organ was completely destroyed. -Database Manager
2014-02-14 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
2016-06-05 - Updated through online information from Jim Stark. -Database Manager
2016-06-05 - Updated through online information from Jim Stark. -Database Manager
2017-06-11 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by J. A. Hefner, citing information from this publication: " Books on Google Play 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens" by William M. Rockel. The original church was established at a lot on S. Center Street in 1851, and during the pastorate of Rev. S. P. Dunlap (1887-1895), the building and congregation were expanded. ABF Opus 500 was apparently installed during that period. Late in December 1902, the church burned. The church was rebuilt in the same location shortly thereafter (ready for use by summer 1903), and this is where ABF Opus 801 was installed. The church was apparently incorporated in 1930, and it appears in newspaper articles as late as 1944, though I don't know anything about what happened to it after that. -Database Manager
2017-06-11 - Updated by J. A. Hefner, naming this as the source of information: "20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens" by William M. Rockel, 1908. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist (Sources: The Diapason, 1911 & Felgemaker Contract) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Shiloh Tabernacle (a.k.a. Zion Tabernacle)
Zion, Illinois
Felgemaker Organ Co., 1912
OHS ID: 51515
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GREAT (4") SWELL ( 4", enclosed) CHOIR (4", enclosed)
16 Contra Diapason 73 m 16 Bourdon 73 w 16 Contra Gamba 61 m
8 First Open Diapason 73 m 8 Open Diapason 73 m 8 English Diapason 61 m
8 Second Open Diapason 73 m 8 Viole d'Orchestre 73 m 8 Dulciana 61 m
8 Doppel Flute* 73 w 8 Geigen Principal 73 m 8 Viola 61 m
8 Viola de Gamba* 73 m 8 Salicional 73 m 8 Melodia 61 w
8 Concert Flute* 73 w 8 Voix Celeste 61 m 4 Fugara 61 m
8 Gemshorn 73 m 8 Aeoline 73 m 4 Rohr Flute 61 w&m
4 Octave 73 m 8 Stopped Diapason 73 w 4 Flute d'Amour 61 w&m
4 Hohl Flute* 73 w&m 8 Quintadena 73 m 2 Piccolo 61 m
2-2/3 Twelfth 73 m 4 Octave 73 m 8 French Horn 61 m
2 Fifteenth 73 m 4 Violina 73 m 8 Clarinet 61 m
Mixture III 219 m 4 Harmonic Flute 73 w&m Chimes 20 tubes
Acuta III-IV 292 m Solo Cornet III-V 292 m
8 Trumpet* 73 m 16 Contra Fagotto 73 m ECHO NO.1 (3", enclosed)
4 Clarion* 73 m 8 Cornopean 73 m 8 Clarabella 73 m
8 Oboe 73 m 8 Unda Maris 73 m
Stops marked (*) enclosed. 8 Vox Humana 73 m 8 Dolcissimo 73 m
4 Dulcet 73 m
PEDAL (4") SOLO (8") 8 Vox Humana 74 m
32 Contra Bourdon 32 w 8 Stentorphone 73 m
16 Open Diapason 44 w 8 Melaphone 73 m ECHO NO.2 (4", enclosed)
16 Violone 44 w 8 Hohl Pfeife 73 w 8 Open Diapason 61 m
16 Bourdon 32 w 8 Gross Flute 73 w 8 Violin Diapason 61 m
16 Dulciana 32 m 16 Tuba Profunda 85 m
8 Violoncello ext 8 Tuba Mirabiliso ext COUPLERS
8 Flute ext 4 Tuba Clarion ext 4 Great to Great
4 Super Octave 32 w 8 Orchestral Oboe 73 m 16 Swell to Great
16 Trombone 32 m 8 Swell to Great
8 Trumpet 32 m PEDAL MOVEMENTS 4 Swell to Great
Balanced Echo Pedal 16 Choir to Great
COMPOSITION PEDALS Balanced Swell Pedal 8 Choir to Great
3 Affecting Great & Pedal Balanced Choir Pedal 4 Choir to Great
3 Affecting Swell & Pedal Balanced Solo Pedal 8 Solo/Echo to Gt
3 Affecting Choir & Pedal Balanced Great Pedal 4 Solo/Echo to Gt
3 Affecting Echo & Pedal Sforzando Pedal Great Unison
Echo "on" Balanced Crescendo 16 Swell to Swell
Solo "on" Gt to Pd Reversible Swell Unison
Sw to Pd Reversible 4 Swell to Swell
AJDUSTABLE COMBINATIONS [1] So to Pd Reversible 8 Solo/Echo to Swell
5 Affecting Great & Pedal Pd to Gt Reversible 4 Solo/Echo to Swell
5 Affecting Swell & Pedal Pd to Ch Reversible 16 Solo/Echo to Solo/Echo
5 Affecting Choir & Pedal 4 Solo/Echo to Solo/Echo
4 Affecting Solo & Pedal COUPLERS (cont'd) Pedal to Great
3 Affecting Echo & Pedal Pedal Quint 16 Choir to Choir
General Release Pedal Octaves Choir Unison
Pedal to Choir 4 Choir to Choir
ACCESSORIES All Couplers "Off" 8 Solo/Echo to Choir
Swell Tremolo 8 Swell to Choir
Choir Tremolo ACCESSORIES (cont'd) 8 Great to Pedal
Echo Tremolo Kinetic Blowers (2) 8 Swell to Pedal
Solo Tremolo Electric Generator 8 Choir to Pedal
Crescendo Indicator 8 Solo to Pedal
Wind Indicator
NOTES
1. To be operated by pistons beneath manuals affected with twenty-two adjustors and
five locks.
2. Echo No.2 located at rear entrance, ground level, from Narthex to Auditorium, to
assist with Choir processionals.
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