Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1516, 1971
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 East Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL, US
125 Ranks - 6,511 Pipes
Instrument ID: 8643 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 8063
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
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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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
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
Related Instrument Entries: Goulding & Wood, Inc. (1994) , Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. (2016)
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