2017-11-23 - Choir (Derek Nickels/Derek Nickels)
2024 - Nave (Derek Nickels /Derek Nickels)
2024-11-28 - Church exterior (Derek Nickels /Derek Nickels)
2024-03-28 - Rear window (Derek Nickels /Derek Nickels)
2017-08-30 - In 2016, Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders cleaned, rebuilt, and refurbished the existing Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1455 (1964) to as-new condition.<br> Dedicatory recital played by Derek E. Nickels, director of music, on Sunday, April 23, 2017. -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: from <i>The Diapason</i>, September 2017 Date not recorded
Kenilworth, Illinois
Church of the Holy Comforter, Episcopal
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1455 1964
Refurbished by Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders 2016
2 manuals, 32 registers, 20 stops, 25 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (3" wind) SWELL ORGAN (3" wind)
16' Bourdon -- a 16' Spitzflöte (TC) -- c
8' Principal 61 8' Rohrflöte 61
8' Bordun 61 8' Viola da Gamba 61 d
8' Spitzflöte (Sw) -- 8' Viola Celeste 61 d
4' Octave 61 8' Spitzflöte 61
4' Spindleflöte 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 49
2 2/3' Sesquialtera II 122 4' Spitzprincipal 61
2' Blockflöte 61 4' Flute Harmonique 61 e
Rauschquint II 122 Plein Jeu III-IV 232
8' Trompete (prepared) 16' Hautbois 73
Tremulant 8' Trompette 61
Great 16 8' Hautbois (fr. 16') --
Great Unison Off 4' Schalmei 61
Great 4 Tremulant
Swell 16
PEDAL ORGAN (3 3/4" wind) Swell Unison Off
32' Resultant -- b Swell 4
16' Contra Bass 56
16' Bourdon 44
8' Octave (fr. 16') -- a added 1992; 1-12 Ped Bourdon,
8' Bourdon (fr. 16') -- 13-61 Sw Rohrflöte
8' Rohrflöte (Sw) -- b Added 2003; from 16' Bourdon
4' Choral Bass (fr. 16') -- c Added 2003
16' Posaune (ext Gt, prepared) d Original pipework replaced in
16' Hautbois (Sw) -- in 1992; revoiced in 2016
8' Hautbois (Sw) -- e Reconstructed to factory
4' Hautbois (Sw) -- specifications in 2016
COMBINATIONS COUPLERS
Great 6 (thumb) Great to Pedal 8
Swell 6 (thumb) Great to Pedal 4
Pedal 6 (toe) Swell to Pedal 8
General 5 (thumb & toe) Swell to Pedal 4
Setter (thumb) Swell to Great 16
General Cancel (thumb) Swell to Great 8
Memory Up (thumb) Swell to Great 4
Memory Down (thumb)
EXPRESSION
REVERSIBLES Balanced Swell Pedal
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe) Crescendo Pedal
Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe)
Swell to Great (thumb & toe) ACCESSORIES
Full Organ (thumb & toe) Transposer
Playback/Record
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-08-20]
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