Frank C. Wichlac & Associates
1958
Evanston Township High School
Auditorium
1600 Dodge Ave.
Evanston, IL, US
27 Ranks - 1,752 Pipes
Instrument ID: 22172 ● Builder ID: 6709 ● Location ID: 20039
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals 5 Divisions47 Stops27 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ CrescendoStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is in use, two benefit concerts are planned in 2009 to raise funds for further renovation (information from on-line article in Evanston Review dated Jan 22 2009)
Database Manager on December 11th, 2005:
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Organ designed by William H. Barnes who was a 1910 graduate of E.T.H.S. The components were renovated and installed by Frank C. Wichlac and Associates of Chicago. The organ was made from a new Austin console, an unidentified Möller hotel dining room organ, a Kimball theatre organ, an Aeolian-Skinner Bombarde, and a Jerome B. Meyer & Son chorus mixture, plus other used piework. The organ was dedicated by Barnes on May 20, 1958.
Database Manager on December 5th, 2005:
Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner.
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