Bradford Organ Co.
2000
Originally Austin Organ Co. (Opus 948, 1920)
St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 East Huron Avenue
Chicago, IL, US
94 Ranks
Instrument ID: 50434 ● Builder ID: 807 ● Location ID: 12505
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal9 Divisions72 Stops99 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop 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: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Ronald Damholt (March 15, 2025): According to the St. James Cathedral website and to Jeff Weiler's notes, this organ is no longer extant and playable.
Database Manager on January 2nd, 2016:
Updated through online information from Jeff Weiler.
The Solo and Choir divisions have been removed due to structural problems. The best pipework has been carefully stored awaiting a future rebuilding project. The Antiphonal division has been disconnected.
Database Manager on June 14th, 2015:
Updated through online information from steve bournias. -- 2000 rebuild incorporates pipes from 1929 Skinner Op. 752.
Database Manager on October 14th, 2012:
An original installation. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in The Stopt Diapason, June 1982.
In 2000, the Bradford Organ Company incorporated pipes from 1929 Skinner Opus 752 into the chancel organ, tonally/mechanically updated the entire instrument, and added an Antiphonal division over the Narthex. The new console is from the 1930 Skinner Opus 818, formerly of UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Webpage Links: History of the Organs at St. James
Related Instrument Entries: Austin Organ Co. (Opus 948, 1920) , Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 818, 1930) , Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 752, 1929)
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