Better Pipe Organ Database

Bennett Organ Co. (1926)

Decatur Masonic Temple
224 W. William St.
Decatur, IL

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

Images

Unknown - Auditorium interior (Photograph from an archival source: herald-review.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Building Exterior (Google Earth screen capture, courtesy of Richard Schneider (2018)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Stage and Organ Chambers (Website photo, courtesy of Richard Schneider (2018)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
30 stops
46 registers
4 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2019-03-19 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Richard Schneider. (Editor: This location does not appear on the Bennett opus list. The only Decatur, IL. listing is for First Baptist). -Database Manager

2022-04-02 - The stoplist was drawn up by the Bennett company in consultation with Mr. Arthur Dunham. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: The American Organist, November 1928

       Decatur, Illinois
       Decatur Masonic Temple

       Bennett   3/33   1926
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                     CHOIR
   16' Diapason         tc    8' Diapason         73
    8' Diapason Major   73    8' Dulciana         73
    8' 2nd Diapason     73    8' Melodia          73
    8' Gamba            73    8' Flute Celeste    61
    8' Grossflöte       73    4' Dolce Flute      73
    8' Melodia          CH    2' Piccolo          61
    8' Dulciana         CH    8' Clarinet         73
    4' Octave           12       Tremolo
    4' Flute Harmonic   73       Harp
    8' Tuba Harmonic    73       Harp Celesta
       Tremulant
       Chimes           EC       ECHO
                              8' Viola            73
       SWELL                  8' Vox Angelica     49
   16' Bourdon          61    8' Concert Flute    73
    8' Diapason         73       Tremulant
    8' Clarabella       73       Cathedral Chimes 20
    8' Stopped Flute    12
    8' Salicional       73       PEDAL
    8' Voix Celeste II 134   32' Diapason        res
    8' Aeoline          73   16' Diapason         32
    4' Flute            73   16' Bourdon          32
2 2/3' Nasard           17   16' Violone          32
    2' Flauto            5   16' Bourdon          SW
  III  Dolce Cornet    219    8' Octave           12
    8' Cornopean        73    8' Bourdon          12
    8' Oboe             73    8' Violoncello      12
    8' Vox Humana       73   16' Tuba          GT 12
       Tremulant

As per the policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST at the
time, stop names of extensions and borrows are shown 
with the same name as the parent rank.

      [Received from Jeff Scofield April 1, 2022]