Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 528, 1925

First United Methodist Church

324 N. Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, IL, US

44 Ranks - 2,973 Pipes

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center

Design: Traditional With Roll Top

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Features:

4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions40 Stops51 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)

Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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Exhibited in the 2012 OHS convention(s)

This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on February 15th, 2012:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Selected stops are playable by a two-manual console in the chapel.

Database Manager on May 12th, 2006:

Updated through online information from William Catanesye. -- A LaMarche "Melodic Celeste," a tapered Ludwigtone, was added to the organ shortly after it was built. The organ was not rebuilt by LaMarche. Releathering done in the 1960s and 1990s. Complete restoration by the Spencer Organ Co. of Waltham, Massachusetts and tonal restoration by Jeff Weiler 2005-2006, Dedication recital in July 2006.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 2002.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

"Also has a 2m. chapel console which controls selected stops of the Gt., Ch., and Ped. Divisions. Rebuilt by LaMarche in 1937."

Webpage Links: Opus 528: First Methodist Church

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