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Frank Roosevelt Opus 506 (1891)

Messiah Unitarian Church
S. Michigan Ave. & 23rd St.
Chicago, IL

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - To First Congregational, Michigan City, IN in 1910 when Messiah Unitarian's building was sold. The congregation originally known as 1st Unitarian Society, and now uses that name again. The congregation relocated to the Hyde Park neighborhood in 1931." -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, December 1980) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Messiah Unitarian Church
      Chicago, Illinois
      Frank Roosevelt, Opus 506, 1891
      OHS ID: 8180
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      GREAT                      SWELL                   CHOIR
   16 Double Open Diapason*   16 Bourdon Treble/Bass*  8 Geigen Principal
    8 Open Diapason*           8 Open Diapason         8 Concert Flute
    8 Doppelflote              8 Stopped Diapason      8 Dolce
    8 Viola di Gamba           8 Salicional            8 Rohrflote
    4 Octave                   4 Gemshorn              2 Piccolo Harmonique
2-2/3 Octave Quint             4 Flute Harmonique      8 Clarinet
    2 Super Octave               Cornet III              Swell to Choir
    8 Trumpet                  8 Cornopean          
      Choir to Great           8 Oboe                    PEDAL
      Swell to Great             Tremulant            16 Open Diapason
      Swell to Great Octaves                           8 Bourdon
                                                       8 Violincello
    * unenclosed and in        * split knob; Bass is     Great to Pedal
      facade; all other Great    1-12.                   Swell to Pedal
      stops enclosed with                                Choir to Pedal
      Choir.

      Manual Compass: 58 notes          COMPOSITION PEDALS
      Pedal (flat) Compass: 30 notes    Swell #1 - 
      Great to Pedal Reversible         Swell #2 - retires all except Stopped Diapason
      Swell Expression Pedal            Great #1 - 
      Great & Choir Expression Pedal    Great #2 - retires all stops
      All couplers drawknobs centered   Full Organ - draws all stops, but no couplers
       above third manual               
      Bellows Signal drawknob           Tracker-pneumatic action, 3-1/2" wind pressure
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-14]

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