Better Pipe Organ Database

The Aeolian Co. Opus 1751 (1929)

First United Methodist Church
919 60th Street
Kenosha, WI

Images

2013-07-10 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-10-27 - Church interior to rear (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-08-23 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-04-14 - Chancel, organ chambers and console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
31 stops
42 registers
5 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

2004-10-30 - Rebuilt by Roessler-Hunholz c. 1980. Vox Humanas gone. Ch. clarinet replaced Sw. Vox Humana. Echo & Ch. turned into a Positiv. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON February 1930

    Kenosha, Wisconsin
    First Methodist Church

    Aeolian   Op. 1751   1929   3/34
    ________________________________________________

    GREAT (enclosed)           CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason   * 61    8' Diapason           73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 73    8' Concert Flute      73
 8' Clarabella        CH    8' Gamba              GT
 8' Concert Flute     73    8' Dulciana           GT
 8' Dulciana          73    4' Harmonic Flute     GT
 8' Concert Flute     CH    2' Piccolo            61
 4' Octave            73    8' Clarinet           73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73       Chimes             GT
 8' Tromba            73    8' Harp               GT
    Chimes (in Echo)  20    4' Harp               GT
 8' Harp              61
 4' Harp                       ECHO
                            8' Spitzflöte Cel II 134
    SWELL                   8' Viole Aetheria     73
16' Lieblich Gedeckt  73    8' Vox Humana         73
 8' Diapason          73
 8' Stopped Flute     73       PEDAL
 8' Salicional        73   32' Acoustic Bass     res
 8' Voix Celeste      73   16' Open Diapason      32
 8' Aeoline           73   16' Bourdon         GT 12
 8' Unda Maris        61   16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW
 4' Rohrflöte         73    8' Octave             12
 2' Flautino          61    8' Flute              GT
IV  Mixture          244    8' Still Gedeckt      SW
 8' Cornopean         73   16' Trombone           32
 8' Oboe              73    8' Tromba             12
 8' Vox Humana        61    4' Clarion            12
    Chimes            GT       Chimes             GT
 8' Harp              GT
 4' Harp              GT    *  unenclosed

      [Received from Jeff Scofield March 24, 2023]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1930 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield