First United Methodist Church
324 N. Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, IL
OHS convention: 2012
Images
2011-05-14 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2011-05-14 - Sanctuary interior from floor (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2011-05-14 - Console, choirloft and chamber opening (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2011-05-14 - Console center (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2011-05-14 - Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2011-05-14 - Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2011-05-14 - Chapel Interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2011-04-28 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2011-04-28 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2011-04-28 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2011-04-28 - Choir Loft and Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2011-04-28 - OHS Citation Plaque and Pipework (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2011-04-28 - Chapel Console and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 4 manuals
- 40 stops
- 51 registers
- 6 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
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2002. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - "Also has a 2m. chapel console which controls selected stops of the Gt., Ch., and Ped. Divisions. Rebuilt by LaMarche in 1937." -Database Manager
2006-05-12 - Updated through online information from William Catanesye. -- A LaMarche "Melodic Celeste," a tapered Ludwigtone, was added to the organ shortly after it was built. The organ was not rebuilt by LaMarche. Releathering done in the 1960s and 1990s. Complete restoration by the Spencer Organ Co. of Waltham, Massachusetts and tonal restoration by Jeff Weiler 2005-2006, Dedication recital in July 2006. -Database Manager
2012-02-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Selected stops are playable by a two-manual console in the chapel. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded
Oak Park, Illinois
First Methodist Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 528 1925 4 manuals, 40 stops, 44 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (6" wind) SWELL ORGAN (7 1/2" wind)
16' Bourdon 5 PED 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Claribel Flute 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
8' Melodic Celeste SO 8' Aeoline 73
4' Octave 61 4' Octave 73
4' Flute 61 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
8' Tuba (in SO) 61 2' Fifteenth 61
4' Clarion (in SO) 61 IV Mixture 244
Chimes EC 16' Waldhorn 73
8' Cornopean 73
CHOIR ORGAN (6" wind) 8' Flugel horn 73
8' Diapason 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Concert Flute 73 4' Clarion 73
8' Kleine Erzähler II 146 Tremolo
4' Flute 73
2' Piccolo 61 PEDAL ORGAN (6" wind)
8' Clarinet 73 32' Diapason (resultant) --
Tremolo 16' Diapason 32
8' Harp (TC) -- 16' Bourdon 32
4' Celesta 61 bars 16' Echo Bourdon SW
8' Octave 12
SOLO ORGAN (10" wind) 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Orchestral Flute 73 8' Cello SO
8' Gamba 73 8' Still Gedeckt SW
8' Gamba Celeste 73 4' Flute 12
8' Tuba Mirabilis (20") 73 16' Trombone (wood, 8") 32
8' French Horn 73 16' Waldhorn SW
8' Melodic Celeste 61 * 8' Tromba (wood, 8") 12
Tremolo Chimes EC
ECHO ORGAN (6" wind)
8' Chimney Flute 61
8' Vox Humana 61
Tremolo
Cathedral Chimes 25 tubes
* Added in 1937 by LaMarche; one-rank celeste, similar to a
Ludwigtone, with its own enclosure above the Solo
CHAPEL CONSOLE
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN PEDAL ORGAN
8' Diapason 8' Diapason 16' Bourdon
8' Claribel Flute 8' Concert Flute 8' Gedeckt
8' Erzähler 8' Kleine Erzähler II 16' Waldhorn
4' Octave 4' Flute
4' Flute 2' Piccolo
8' Clarinet
Tremolo
Celesta
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-02-24]
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