Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Status Note: Case only remains -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Main bldg. for merger of 1st Cong. and Union Park Cong., as 1st Congregational. Bldg. acquired by 1st Baptist Cong. in 1970. This bldg. & organ originally part of Chicago Theological Seminary. Case, facade pipes, chests only were extant in 1984. -Database Manager
2011-07-05 - Updated through on-line information from Ronald Crowl. -- The building, original known as "Carpenter Chapel" (named for Philo Carpenter) was the primary worship space for the original Chicago Theological Seminary, whose efforts were relocated to Hyde Park decades ago. A bust of Philo Carpenter survives in the rear of the building, executed by noted Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft. The organ was a rare early example of an electro-pneumatic "slider-pulldown" arrangement with a detached three-manual console. Use of the organ was abandoned in the late 1950s and the rare original console disappeared shortly thereafter. The pitch of the organ was always A=435, limiting its usefulness. Much of the pipework was cone tuned, and had not fared well in the 1940s and 50s. Many observed that the reeds were very unstable and the action noisy. -Database Manager
Stoplist from notes, console - 1950s-60s. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
GREAT: Unexpressive 8' Open Diapason 61 8' Doppel Flute 61 8' Bell Gamba 61 4' Octave 61 2-2/3' Twelfth 61 2' Fifeenth 61 8' Trumpet 61 SWELL: Expressive 16' Bourdon 61 8' Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Diapason 61 8' Salicional 61 8' Aeoline 61 4' Flute Harmonic 61 4' Violina 61 2' Flautino 61 III rks. Dolce Cornet 12.15.17 183 8' Oboe 61 8' Vox Humana 61 Tremulant CHOIR: Unexpressive 8' Geigen Principal 61 8' Melodia 61 8' Dulciana 61 4' Fugara (Gemshorn) 61 4' Flute d’Amour (Rohr Flute) 61 2' Picalo (sic) 61 8' Clarionet 61 Tremulant PEDAL: Unexpressive 16' Open Diapason 30 16' Bourdon 30 8' Flute 30 8' Cello 30 [Received from Ronald Crowl 2011-06-25.]
Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, August 1980) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
First Baptist Congregtional Church, Chapel
Chicago, Illinois
Hook & Hastings, Opus 1879, 1901
OHS ID: 5604
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GREAT SWELL CHOIR
8 Open Diapason 16 Bourdon 8 Melodia
8 Doppel Flute 8 Open Diapason 8 Dulciana
8 Gamba 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Unda Maris*
4 Octave 8 Salicional 4 Flute d'Amour
2-2/3 Twelfth 8 Aeoline 2 Piccolo
2 Fifteenth 4 Flute Harmonique 8 Clarinet
8 Trumpet 4 Violina
2 Flautino * Probably original
PEDAL Dolce Cornet III Fugara 4, shifted
16 Open Diapason 8 Oboe up an octave.
16 Bourdon 8 Vox Humana
8 Cello
This stoplist as cited in "The Stopt Diapason," August 1980 is
shown here as later revised in the October 1980 issue.
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