Pipe Organ Database

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Bradford Organ Co. (2005)

Originally Wm. A. Johnson (Opus 386, 1872)
Exhibited in the 2012 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church
Chicago, IL US
Organ ID: 49867

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on July 27, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 14 ranks. 2 manuals.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 27, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 27, 2018.
Database Manager on June 15, 2012:

Identified through information from the Chicago OHS Chapter. -- Relocation without change of a previously altered organ originally built in 1872. The organ was moved from the Oriental Lodge (its original home) to Mayfair Methodist Church ca. 1923 and altered there. When the church closed in 1999, Bradford Organ Co. removed it to storage; the organ was installed here in 2004 and first used March 20, 2005.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ Case: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-12

Organ Case and Keydesk: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-12

Keydesk and Pedalboard: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-12

Left Drawknobs: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-12

Right Drawknobs: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-12

Original Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-12