Unknown - Original organ and console (Photograph by Ryan Thoryk (September 1969)/Database Manager)
2016-05-16 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Ryan Thoryk, based on personal knowledge of the organ.<br><br>This was the original installation of this instrument, incorporating some pipework from the 1940 Wicks organ in the previous church. -Database Manager
2017-05-04 - Updated by Ryan Thoryk, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
2018-05-26 - The organ was first used on Easter Day 1969. On September 28, 1969, Ronald Hauser, then organist of the church, played the dedicatory recital. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist Source: Stephen Schnurr: "Pipe Organs of La Grange, Illinois, and the Architectural Edifices That House Them," <i>The Diapason</i>, June 2018 Date not recorded
La Grange, Illinois
St. John Lutheran Church
Wicks Organ Co. Opus 4862 1967 (rebuild) 2 manuals, 25 stops, 27 ranks
Wicks Organ Co. Opus 2138 1940 2 manuals, 11 stops, 11 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN (enclosed)
8' Principal 61 8' Geigen Principal 61
8' Concert Flute 61 8' Gedeckt 61
8' Gemshorn 61* 8' Salicional 73
8' Dulciana 73 8' Voix Celeste (TC) 49
4' Octave 61* 4' Principal 61*
4' Koppelflöte 61* 4' Violina (fr. 8' Sal) --
4' Dulcet (fr. 8') -- 2 2/3' Nasat 61*
2 2/3' Twelfth 61* 2' Blockflöte 61*
2' Fifteenth 61* 1 3/5' Terz (TG) 37*
Mixture III 183* 8' Trompette 73
8' Trompette (Sw) -- 8' Oboe 61*
Chimes (Deagan) 21 tubes 4' Clairon (fr. 8' Tpt) --
Tremolo
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Diapason 68* COUPLERS
16' Subbass 56 Great to Pedal 8
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 44 Swell to Pedal 8
8' Principal (fr. Diap) -- Swell to Great 16 8 4
8' Bass Flute (fr. Subbs) -- Swell to Swell 16 UO 4
8' Still Gedeckt (Sw) --
8' Violoncello 44 ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
4' Choralbass 32 General 1-2-3-4-5 (thumb)
4' Octavflöte (fr. Subbs) --* Great 1-2-3-4-5-C (thumb)
4' Cello (fr. Vlncello) -- Swell 1-2-3-4-5-C (thumb)
2' Super Octave (fr. Diap) -- Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-C (thumb)
16' Posaune 56 General Cancel (thumb)
8' Trumpet (fr. Posaune) --
4' Clarion (fr. Posaune) -- * new ranks in 1967
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-05-26]
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