Pipe Organ Database

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Bradford Organ Co. (2000)

Originally Austin Organ Co. (Opus 948, 1920)

Location:

St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 East Huron Avenue
Chicago, IL US
Organ ID: 50502

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on August 17, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 94 ranks. 9 divisions. 4 manuals. 72 stops. 99 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 9
  • Stops: 72
  • Registers: 99
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on August 17, 2021.
Database Manager on January 02, 2016:

Updated through online information from Jeff Weiler.
The Solo and Choir divisions have been removed due to structural problems. The best pipework has been carefully stored awaiting a future rebuilding project. The Antiphonal division has been disconnected.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 14, 2015:

Updated through online information from steve bournias. -- 2000 rebuild incorporates pipes from 1929 Skinner Op. 752.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 14, 2012:

An original installation. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in The Stopt Diapason, June 1982. In 2000, the Bradford Organ Company incorporated pipes from 1929 Skinner Opus 752 into the chancel organ, tonally/mechanically updated the entire instrument, and added an Antiphonal division over the Narthex. The new console is from the 1930 Skinner Opus 818, formerly of UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Taken from the Cathedral website: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on August 17, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Cathedral interior: Photograph by Cathedral Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-01-24

Johnson organ case: Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com. Taken on 2006-07-10

Antiphonal and en-Chamade: Photograph by Ken Stein, photographybystein.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2006-07-10

Cathedral exterior: Photograph by Cathedral Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-07-17