Trevor Dodd
2011

Originally George [Geo.] Jardine (1850)

Fourth Presbyterian Church

East Balcony

126 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL, US

4 Ranks - 188 Pipes
Instrument ID: 72619 ● Builder ID: 7703 ● Location ID: 8063
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Originally Written/Published: June, 2012

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Builder: Trevor Dodd
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: No Pedalboard
Features:
1 Manuals (56 Notes)✗ No Pedal1 Divisions6 Stops6 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on February 13th, 2025:

On loan to Fourth Presbyterian Church from Stephen J. Schnurr, Jr., who rescued the organ from a private residence about to be demolished in 2002.

From church website:
"The Jardine organ, currently on loan to Fourth Presbyterian Church and located in the East Balcony of the Sanctuary, is the oldest playing organ in Chicago and was built by George Jardine in 1850."

From 2012 OHS Atlas:
"The oldest American-built pipe organ in the Chicago metropolitan area is an early 1850s George Jardine of one manual, 3½ ranks. It was purchased in November 2002 from a private residence that was to be demolished in Elmhurst, Illinois. The Empire-style case has rosewood-veneered woodwork. The roof, back of the case, and much of the ornamentation, particularly at the top of the facade, had been lost long before 2002. The organ appears never to have had an electric blower. A 17-note pedalboard of pulldowns from the manual was a later addition. In 2011 and 2012, the organ received some restorative repairs by Trevor Dodd of Battle Creek, Michigan, and John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders of Champaign, Illinois. In this project, the pedalboard has been removed. Once again, the organ can be pumped by foot or hand. The organ was presented the OHS Historic Organ Citation 387 on January 4, 2011."

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