First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary; front
325 E. Downer Place
Aurora, IL
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Postmarked 1911 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1915 - Organ and facade (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Rick Erickson/Rick Erickson)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2022-11-15 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from a vintage postcard. Verified from the Tellers-Sommerhof opus list, which gave the cost as $4,014.70.
It was replaced in 1968 by a new 3-manual, 35-rank Schantz. Disposition unknown. -Jim Stettner
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