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Tellers Organ Co. Opus 961 (1963)

Ascension Lutheran Church
400 Nutthall Rd.
Riverside, IL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
20 stops
34 registers
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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2014-06-20 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by David Bohn, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- Original location verified through Tellers Opus List. Organ sold to Holy Rosary Church, Milwaukee, WI, and reinstalled there with additions by Berghaus Organ Company in 1987. -Database Manager

2014-06-24 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist reconstructed from the relocated console and notes from a Berghaus employee, Fall 1987 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Riverside, Illinois
Ascension Lutheran Church 
Tellers opus 961, 1963

Great Organ                             Swell Organ
Quintadene       16 (61 pipes)          Rohrflote         8 (61 pipes)
Prinzipal         8 (61 pipes)          Salicional        8 (61 pipes)
Quintadene        8 (12 pipes)          Celeste           8 (49 pipes)
Octav             4 (61 pipes)          Prinzipal         4 (61 pipes)
Octavin           2 (12 pipes)          Rohrflote         4 (12 pipes)
Mixture         III (183 pipes)         Nazard        2 2/3 (61 pipes)
Great to Great   16                     Scharf          III (183 pipes)
Great to Great    4                     Fagot            16 (61 pipes)
Great Unison Off                        Trompette         8 (61 pipes)
Swell to Great   16                     Fagot             8 (12 pipes)
Swell to Great    8                     Rohr Schalmei     4 (61 pipes)
Swell to Great    4                     Tremolo
Positiv to Great 16                     Swell to Swell   16
Positiv to Great  8                     Swell to Swell    4
Positiv to Great  4                     Swell Unison Off
                                        Positiv to Swell 16
Pedal Organ                             Positiv to Swell  8
Subbass          16 (32 pipes)          Positiv to Swell  4
Rohr Gedackt     16 (12 pipes)
Quintadene       16 (great)             Positiv Organ
Rohr Quint   10 2/3 (swell)             Nason Flute       8 (61 pipes)
Prinzipal         8 (32 pipes)          Koppel Flute      4 (61 pipes)
Rohrflote         8 (swell)             Prinzipal         2 (61 pipes)
Quintadene        8 (great)             Quint         1 1/3 (61 pipes)
Choral Bass       4 (12 pipes)          Positiv to Pos.  16
Rohrflote         4 (swell)             Positiv to Pos.   4
Rauschfife       II (64 pipes)          Positiv Unison Off
Fagot            16 (swell)             Swell to Positiv 16
Fagot             8 (swell)             Swell to Positiv  8
Fagot             4 (swell)             Swell to Positiv  4
Great to Pedal    8
Great to Pedal    4
Swell to Pedal    8
Swell to Pedal    4
Positiv to Pedal  8
Positiv to Pedal  4

 [Received from David Bohn 2014-06-23.]

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