Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1516, 1971

Fourth Presbyterian Church

126 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL, US

125 Ranks - 6,511 Pipes

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Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.

Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Unknown

Features:

4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions81 Stops92 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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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on February 13th, 2025:

Originally contracted June, 1969. Apparently finalized and completed in 1971. Contract file also contained an unsigned 1971 contract for a small organ for Blair Chapel, possibly never built. See DOCUMENTS tab for contract.

Database Manager on November 21st, 2012:

Updated through online information from Kristina Powers.

Database Manager on July 5th, 2008:

Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Replaced #210; extant; Krummhorn replaced by Giesecke; renovated with some changes by Goulding & Wood in 1994.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1986.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Krummhorn replaced by Geisecke.

Webpage Links: About the Organ | Rebuild the Fourth Presbyterian Church Organ , Opus 1516: Fourth Presbyterian Church

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