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