Pipe Organ Database

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Noack (Opus 44, 1969)

Exhibited in the 2012 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Convent of the Sisters of Saint Joseph
1515 W. Ogden Ave.
La Grange Park, IL 60525 US
Chapel of Our Lady of Bethlehem
Organ ID: 6551

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Convents, Monasteries, and the like
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on December 26, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 31 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 20 stops. 20 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Noack
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on December 26, 2022.

Positive:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Noack
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on December 26, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Noack
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on December 26, 2022.
Gallery:
  • Built by Noack
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 20
  • Registers: 20
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on December 26, 2022.
Robert Voves on December 26, 2022:

Status: Excellent Condition. Dec. 24, 2022 (I played a service there that day.)

We received the most recent update for this note from Robert Voves on December 26, 2022.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the builder's opus list.

Status Note: There 1996.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on December 26, 2022.
Stoplist taken from keydesk: Open In New Tab Originally published Winter 1974
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on December 26, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Altar, Nave, and Organ Case: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-10

Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-10

Organ Case: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-10

Keydesk: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-10

Keydesk: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-10

Drawknobs and Builder's Name Stencil: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-10

Organ Case: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2011-05-10

Console: Photograph by Stephen Schnurr.

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