Better Pipe Organ Database

Wangerin-Weickhardt Co. (1917)

St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church
2050 N. Fremont St.
Chicago, IL

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

Images

2024-11-18 - Church exterior (Sean P. Flynn on The Historicaal Marker Database/Jim Stettner)

2021-04-07 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2023-09-16 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2022-10-28 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2023-04-08 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2024-03-20 - Chancel with mirror-image facades (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2021-04-02 - Right-side facade (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

2021-09-25 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
26 stops
29 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2025-03-06 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. The address given is the physical location of the church edifice, but NOT the mailing address. -Jim Stettner

2025-03-06 - Updated through online information from Alex Fries (March 3, 2025): The organ is extant and partially playable. Currently undergoing restoration as of March, 2025. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON April 1917

    Chicago, Illinois
    St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church

    Wangerin-Weickhardt   1917  2/26
    _________________________________________

    GREAT                    SWELL
16' Grand Open Diapason  16' Bourdon
 8' Open Diapason         8' Horn Diapason
 8' Doppelfloete          8' Stopped Diapason
 8' Gamba                 8' Salicional
 8' Melodia               8' Vox Celeste
 8' Dulciana              8' Quintadena
 4' Octave                8' Aeoline
 4' Flute d'Amour         4' Harmonic Flute
 8' Trumpet             III  Dolce Cornet
                          8' Cornopean
    PEDAL                 8' Oboe & Bassoon
16' Open Diapason         8' Vox Humana
16' Sub Bass
16' Violone
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Bass Flute       12
 8' Violoncello      12

[Received from Jeff Scofield August 10, 2023]

Documents

From THE DIAPASON April 1917 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield