2023-01-29 - This instrument was formerly the house organ/laboratory for the famed author William H. Barnes. In 1963, Harrision sold his pallatial residence to move into an apartment, and the instrument either sold or given to St. John Fisher in Chicago where it was installed with additional alterations. The stoplist at the time of its installation in Chicago differes from that published in Edition 9 of his iconic book, *The Contemporary American Organ*. S.E. Gruenstein, founder of the AGO, described the organ as "a thoroughbred of mongrel antecedents". Dr. Barnes played the dedication recital on April 19, 1963. -Scot Huntington
Source: The Diapason April 1964
William H. Barnes (1963)
St. John Fisher R.C. Church
Chicago, Illinois
Assembled from a spurious collection of pipework, and continually experimented and tinkered with over a 25-year lifespan. Installed and renovated by F.C. Wichlac & Associates, Tellers representatives in the mid-West. Extended or duplexed ranks are not identified in the account, but it can be deduced that the Swell Bourdon and several pedal ranks are either unified or duplexed.
(*) added in Chicago
GREAT
8 ft. Diapason Kilgen
8 ft. Doppel Flote Roosevelt
4 ft. Octave Meyer & Son
4 ft. Koppel Flote Tellers
2 ft. Block Flote* Tellers
4 rks. Mixture Reuter
8 ft. Trumpet Wicks
Tremolo
SWELL [enclosed]
16 ft. Bourdon Harry Hall
8 ft. Principal Roosevelt
8 ft. Bourdon Harry Hall
8 ft. Gambe Gottfried
8 ft. Voix Celeste Skinner
8 ft. Viole Sourdine Gottfried
8 ft. Viole Celeste Gottfried
4 ft. Prestant Moller
4 ft. Viole Sourdine Gottfried
4 ft. Flute Couverte Harry Hall
2 2/3 Nasard Harry Hall
2 ft. Quarte de Nasard Harry Hall
1 1/3 Larigot* Harry Hall
4 rks. Plein-jeu Moller
16 ft. Basson* Austin
8 ft. Trompette Kimball
4 ft. Clarion* Gottfried
8 ft. Voix Humaine Pierce
Tremolo
CHOIR {enclosed]
16 ft. Contra Salicional Kimball
8 ft. Geigen Diapason Reuter
8 ft. Clarabella Roosevelt
8 ft. Gedeckt Tellers
8 ft. Flute Celeste Gottfried
4 ft. Geigen Octave Gottfried
4 ft. Flute Octaviante* Roosevelt
2 ft. Fifteenth Gottfried
3 rks. Mixture --------
8 ft. Clarinet Gottfried
Cymbel Stern
Tremolo
SOLO
16 ft. Bourdon Kimball [unit]
8 ft. Bourdon "
4 ft. Bourdon "
2 2/3 Bourdon "
2 ft. Bourdon "
1 3/5 Bourdon "
16 ft. Trompette en chamade* Reuter [unit]
8 ft. Trompette en chamade* "
4 ft. Trompette en chamade* "
8 ft. French Horn Gottfried
Chimes [20 tubes]
PEDAL
32 ft. Untersatz Moller [unit?]
16 ft. Principal Bass Reuter
16 ft. Bourdon Moller
16 ft. Violone* Kimball
16 ft. Gedeckt Hall, Sw.
8 ft. Octave* Moller
8 ft. Flauto Dolce Hall, Sw?
4 ft. Choral Bass* Moller, ext?
4 ft. Flauto Dolce Hall, Sw?
16 ft. Trombone Kimball
8 ft. Tromba Kimball, ext?
Console: Austin
Swell shades: Casavant
Windchests: Moller
Blower: Spencer
Rectifier: Orgelectra
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