Pipe Organ Database

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Unknown Builder (2006)

Originally M. P. Möller (Opus 8539, 1953)

Location:

Sacred Heart R. C. Church
114 S. Elizabeth St.
Lombard, IL 60148 US
Organ ID: 64314

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on August 14, 2019.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 45 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 36 stops. 40 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In gallery-level chambers at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on August 14, 2019.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 36
  • Registers: 40
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • 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.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on August 14, 2019.
Database Manager on August 13, 2019:

Originally installed in 1953 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, as 3/36 Moller Op. 8539; rebuild and tonal changes 1979 by Goulding & Wood as 3/52; replaced in 2007 by a 4/90 Casavant and relocated to Lombard; console rebuilt by Peebles-Herzog.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on August 14, 2019.
Stoplist from stopjamb photos by Stephen Schnurr: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on August 14, 2019.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary interior: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2011-01-22

Sanctuary interior to rear: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2012-01-21

Sanctuary interior from floor: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2011-01-21

Console: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2011-01-21

Church exterior: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. Taken on 2011-01-21