2012-09-23 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
OHS convention: 2012
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2002. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Pitman stop action. Installed 1927. Dedicated 9 Oct 1927. Some water-damaged materials restored by Kurt Roederer in the 1990's. 2 electronic pedal stops added. -Database Manager
2005-12-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Möller was also being considered for a new instrument. Skinner had originally proposed a four-manual instrument. The church had a budget of $27,000.00, so to meet the restriction, Skinner omitted the Solo division, the Great 2' Fifteenth, and the Swell 4' Clarion. -Database Manager
2006-04-15 - 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>Extant; 32' electronic extensions added in 1992.</i> -Database Manager
2006-12-29 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist from Allen Kinzey Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Evanston, Illinois
First Congregational Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 616 1926 3 manuals, 28 stops, 32 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (6" wind) SWELL ORGAN (6" wind)
16' Bourdon 5 PED 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 73 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 73 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Claribel Flute 73 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave 73 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Flute 73 8' Flute Celeste II 134
8' Tromba 61 4' Octave 73
Chimes 20 tubes 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
IV Mixture 244
CHOIR ORGAN (6" wind) (15-19-22-26)
8' Concert Flute 61 16' Double Trumpet 73
8' Dulciana 61 8' Cornopean 73
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49 8' Corno d'Amour 73
4' Flute 61 8' Vox Humana 73
2 2/3' Nazard 61 Tremolo
8' French Horn (10") 61
8' Clarinet 61 PEDAL ORGAN
Tremolo 32' Diapason -- a
8' Harp (TC) -- 16' Diapason 32
4' Celesta 61 bars 16' Bourdon 32
16' Echo Bourdon SW
8' Octave 12
8' Gedeckt 12
8' Still Gedeckt SW
4' Flute 12
16' Trombone 12 GT
16' Double Trumpet SW
Chimes GT
a 1-12 resultant
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-04-25]
Typed Stoplist from Steven Folkers Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
First Congregational Church E.M. Skinner 1927 GREAT ORGAN Bourdon 16 First Diapason 8 Second Diapason 8 Claribel Flute 8 Octave 4 Flute 4 Tromba 8 Chimes SWELL ORGAN Bourdon 16 Diapason 8 Gedeckt 8 Salicional 8 Voix Celeste 8 Flute Celeste II 8 Octave 4 Flute Triangular 4 Mixture IV Double Trumpet 16 Cornopean 8 Corno d'Amour 8 Vox Humana 8 CHOIR ORGAN Concert Flute 8 Dulciana 8 Unda Maris 8 Flute 4 Nazard 2 2/3 Tromba 8 Clarinet 8 French Horn 8 Harp 8 Celesta 4 PEDAL ORGAN Diapason 32 Diapason 16 Bourdon 16 Echo Bourdon 16 Octave 8 Gedeckt 8 Still Gedeckt 8 Flute 4 Bombarde 32 Trombone 16 Double Trumpet 16 I'm not sure how much unification or duplexing is present in this instrument, but would guess that the Pedal Bourdon and Echo Bourdon are from Great and Swell, respectively. Likewise, Pedal Double Trumpet is no doubt borrowed from the Swell. [Posted to PipeChat May 13, 2009.]
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