Better Pipe Organ Database

Jeffery L. Weiler & Associates (2007 ca.)

Music Institute of Chicago
1490 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL

Images

2022-02-28 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Nick Renkosik, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022-02-28 - Keydesk: Pedal stops (Photograph by Nick Renkosik, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022-02-28 - Keydesk: Swell stops (Photograph by Nick Renkosik, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022-02-28 - Keydesk: Great stops (Photograph by Nick Renkosik, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022-02-28 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Nick Renkosik, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
3 stops
20 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2022-02-28 - This entry represents the installation of a used organ. Identified from a Facebook post in Kimball Pipe Organs on February 28, 2022 by Nick Renkosik. -- *"Jeff Weiler installed the instrument ca. 2007 with restorative repairs. It was privately owned by a gentleman in Michigan, but it’s original point of installation is unknown."* -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console February 28, 2022

Evanston, Illinois
Music Institute of Chicago

W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus ____, 1938 - Original Specifications
Jeffrey L. Weiler & Associates, 2007 ca. - Renovation & Installation


GREAT (Expressive)       SWELL (Expressive)       PEDAL (Expressive)
8     Diapason           16    Bourdon            16  Bourdon
8     Flute Ouverte      8     Diapason           8   Flute                 
8     Viole d'Amour      8     Flute Ouverte      4   Fifteenth
4     Prestant           8     Viole d'Amour      4   Flute
4     Flute              4     Flute
4     Viole              4     Viole
2     Doublette          2 2/3 Nazard
                         2     Flageolet
                         8     Orchestral Oboe
                               Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16    Bourdon               (Sw/Ped)  12  Ext. of the 8' Gedeckt. TC on Swell.
8     Diapason               (Sw/Gt)  49  Tenor C. Bottom 8ve from 8' + 4' Flute.
8     Flute Ouverte          (Sw/Gt)  61
8     Flute                    (Ped)  –-  Same as the 8' Flute Ouverte.
8     Viole d'Amour          (Sw/Gt)  49  Tenor C. Bottom 8ve from 8' Flute Ouverte.
4     Prestant                  (Gt)  12  Ext. of the 8' Diapason.
4     Fifteenth                (Ped)  –-  Same as the 4' Prestant.
4     Flute              (Sw/Gt/Ped)  12  Ext. of the 8' Flute Ouverte.
4     Viole                  (Sw/Gt)  12  Ext. of the 8' Viole d'Amour.
2 2/3 Nazard                    (Sw)   7  Ext. of the 8' Flute Ouverte.
2     Doublette                 (Gt)  12  Ext. of the 8' Viole d'Amour.
2     Flageolet                 (Sw)   5  Ext. of the 8' Flute Ouverte.
8     Orchestral Oboe           (Sw)  --  Synthetic. From Viole & Nazard.
      Tremolo                   (Sw)      Affects the entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY

Diapason                 Gedeckt                  Viole d'Amour
61 pipes                 97 pipes                 73 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
Swell Unison 8           [to Great]          None


PEDAL MOVEMENTS                              TOE STUDS
Expression                   (bal.)          None
Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: E-P unit      VOICES: 3      STOPS: 20      RANKS: 3      PIPES: 231


Sources: JRS; Photos of extant organ