Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2015-06-26 - Organ chamber and façade pipes (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1952)/Database Manager)
2014-01-09 - Console (Manuals) (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)
2014-01-09 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)
2014-01-09 - Organ Case (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)
2014-01-09 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)
2014-01-09 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)
2014-01-09 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)
2014-01-09 - Antiphonal Organ Case (in Gallery) (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 81 stops
- 92 registers
- 7 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1986. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Krummhorn replaced by Geisecke. -Database Manager
2008-07-05 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Replaced #210; extant; Krummhorn replaced by Giesecke; renovated with some changes by Goulding & Wood in 1994.</i> -Database Manager
2012-11-21 - Updated through online information from Kristina Powers. -Database Manager
2025-02-13 - Originally contracted June, 1969. Apparently finalized and completed in 1971. Contract file also contained an unsigned 1971 contract for a small organ for Blair Chapel, possibly never built. See DOCUMENTS tab for contract. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> with corrections by Allen Kinzey Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Chicago, Illinois
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1516 1970 4 manuals, 92 stops, 125 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (II) SWELL ORGAN (III)
16' Geigen Prinzipal 61 16' Flûte Conique 61
8' Prinzipal 61 8' Montre 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Bourdon 61
8' Bordun 61 8' Viole 61
8' Flûte Harmonique 61 8' Viole Celeste 61
4' Oktave 61 8' Kleiner Erzähler 61
4' Spitzflöte 61 8' Erzähler Celeste (TC) 49
2' Superoktave 61 4' Prestant 61
2' Blockflöte 61 4' Flûte Ouverte 61
II Sesquialtera 122 2 2/3' Nazard 61
III-V Kornett (TC) 238 2' Doublette 61
IV-VI Mixtur 303 1 3/5' Tierce 61
IV Scharf 244 IV Plein Jeu 244
16' Kontra Trompete 61 IV Cymbale 244
8' Trompete 61 16' Bombarde 61
8' French Horn (in CH) 61 8' Trompette 61
Chimes (in CH) 25 tubes 8' Hautbois 61
8' Festival Trumpet CH 8' Voix Humaine 61
4' Clairon 61
POSITIV ORGAN (I) Tremulant
16' Quintade 61
8' Spitzprinzipal 61 CHORAL ORGAN (IV)
8' Rohrflöte 61 8' Holzgedeckt 61
4' Prinzipal 61 8' Flauto Dolce 61
4' Koppelflöte 61 8' Flute Celeste 61
2' Oktave 61 4' Spitzflöte 61
2' Flachflöte 61 2' Waldflöte 61
1 1/3' Quint 61 III Mixture 183
1' Sifflöte 61 8' Corno di Bassetto 61
IV-V Mixtur 281 Tremulant
II Terzian 122 16' Festival Trumpet (TC) --
II Zimbel 122 8' Festival Trumpet 61
16' Rankett 61 4' Festival Trumpet 12
8' Krummhorn 61
Tremulant PEDAL ORGAN
32' Geigen Prinzipal 12 GT
ANTIPHONAL ORGAN (IV) 16' Prinzipal 32
8' Prinzipal 61 16' Subbass 32
8' Holzgedeckt 61 16' Geigen Prinzipal GT
4' Oktave 61 16' Quintade PO
2' Hellflöte 61 16' Flûte Conique SW
IV-V Mixtur 280 8' Oktave 32
8' Trompete 61 8' Pommer Gedeckt 32
Tremulant 8' Spitzflöte 32
4' Choralbass 32
ANTIPHONAL PEDAL 4' Spillflöte 32
16' Holzprinzipal 32 2' Nachthorn 32
8' Oktave 32 IV Mixtur 128
4' Choralbass 32 IV Scharf 128
16' Trompete 32 VIII Grosskornett 256
32' Kontra Trompete 12 GT
16' Posaune 32
16' Kontra Trompete GT
16' Bombarde SW
8' Trompete 32
4' Schalmei 32
Chimes GT
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-07-27]
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