2001 - Mitchell case containing Austin Opus 2159 (Photograph from an archival source: 2002 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - "Contract dated 5 Mar 1948. Cost $25,600. Behind the Mitchel fa?ade. New stopkey console and new swell boxes. Some pipework used. Sold in 1971 to St. Peter UCC, Zurich, IL for whom it was rebuilt by Temple Organ Co. The Fa?ade remained at Holy Family. Wind pressure, 6." -Database Manager
2012-10-18 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, June 1982) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church
Chicago, Illinois
Louis Mitchell, 1869-70
Rebuilt Frank Roosevelt, Opus 498, 1892
Rebuilt Tellers-Kent, Opus 239, 1923
Rebuilt Austin Organs, Inc., Opus 2159, 1948-1950
OHS ID: 7729
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GREAT (unenclosed) pipes type SWELL pipes type
8 Open Diapason*..........61 metal 16 Quintaten*..........73 wood
4 Octave*.................61 metal 8 Geigen Principal*...73 metal
2-2/3 Twelfth*................61 metal 8 Stopped Flute*......73 wood
2 Fifteenth*..............61 metal 8 Salicional..........73 metal
8 Voix Celeste*.......61 metal
GREAT (enclosed) 4 Octave*.............73 metal
8 Second Open Diapason*...61 metal 2 Piccolo*............61 metal
8 Doppel Flote*...........61 wood Mixture III........183 metal
8 Gemshorn*...............61 metal 16 Trumpet.............61 metal
8 Tromba..................61 metal 8 French Trumpet......97 metal
Chimes* 4 Clarion (ext 8).....61 notes
8 Oboe................73 metal
Gt to Gt 16,4, Unison Off 8 Vox Humana..........61 metal
Sw to Gt 16,8,4 Tremolo
Ch to Gt 16,8,4
Sw to Sw 16,8,4
CHOIR pipes type
16 Spitz Flote (ext 4).....61 notes PEDAL pipes type
8 Spitz Flote (ext 4).....61 notes 16 Open Diapason*......32 wood
8 Viola*..................73 metal 16 Violone*............32 metal
8 Dulciana*...............73 metal 16 Bourdon*............32 wood
4 Prestant*...............73 metal 16 Quintaten (Sw)......32 notes
4 Spitz Flote*............97 metal 16 Spitz Flote (Ch)....32 notes
2-2/3 Nazard*.................61 metal 8 Octave (ext O.D.)...12 pipes
2 Flautino................61 metal 8 Flute (ext Bourdon).12 pipes
8 Clarinet................73 metal 16 Trombone (ext Gt)...12 pipes
Harp
Tremulant Gt to Pd 8,4
Sw to Pd 8,4
Ch to Ch 16,4 Unison Off Ch to Pd 8,4
Sw to Ch 16,8,4
NOTE: Stops indicated by (*) are noted as having been reused from
the previous rebuild, and it is assumed some or many are from the
Louis Mitchell organ of 1869-70.
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