First Church of Christ, Scientist / Karpeles Manuscript Museum
700 22nd Street
Rock Island,
IL
61201 US
Auditorium; front
Organ ID: 13779
Updated via email from John Panning on November 18, 2023: "I recently visited the organ and took some photos. Sadly, there were no working lights in the chamber, but it's clear the organ is largely intact and unaltered. The pedalboard, though removed, is nearby. The museum that previously occupied the building has closed, an entrepreneur is currently exploring the possibility of rehabbing the building as a brewpub."
Updated by Howard Eckdahl, who gave this as the source of the information: Physical observation during visit.
Received via e-mail from Jim Lewis. -- The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Rock Island, Ill. is now the Karpeles Manuscript Museum. The status of the Austin organ is unknown.
Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. website, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm.
Church / Museum exterior: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13
Sanctuary interior and dome: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13
Sanctuary interior with Reader's platform and organ chamber grille in front: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13
Reader's platform with console at the right: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13
Console: Great and Choir stops: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13
Console: Swell and Pedal stops: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13
Prepared-for Echo stop tablets: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13
Lower console with toe studs and pedal movements: Photograph by John Panning, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2023-11-13