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Bradford Organ Co. (1990ca.)

Location:

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25100 W Grand Ave.
Lake Villa, IL 60046 US
Sanctuary
Organ ID: 65937

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has been removed from this location and currently in storage.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on July 10, 2020.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman, Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 9 ranks. 457 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops. 10 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: In a floor-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Bradford Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 11, 2020.

Swell:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
  • Position: In a floor-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Bradford Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 11, 2020.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In a floor-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Bradford Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 11, 2020.
Main:
  • Built by W. W. Kimball Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
  • Registers: 10
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • 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: Stop keys 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 Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on July 11, 2020.
Ronald Damholt on September 14, 2023:

Most of the organ's pipework is from a Hinners originally in St. John Lutheran Church, Lena, IL. However the organ's orginal Great 8' Dulciana was replaced with a 4' Octave (pipes of unknown origin) and as Mr. Stettner has noted, the Swell Celeste (tc) is an Estey labial oboe. I have added a poor quality photo of the organ as originally installed in Lena (long before its Reuter rebuild) and a drawing sent to Ken Greenberg of Evanston, who designed the case which Bradford Organ Company built for Good Shepherd Lutheran in Lake Villa. Bradford completed the organ's releathering and installation in April of 1991.

We received the most recent update for this note from Ronald Damholt on September 14, 2023.
Jim Stettner on July 11, 2020:

The organ is a conglomerate instrument of re-purposed pipes and equipment. The case work was built new for this installation. The 3-sectional facade contains 22 gold-painted pipes arranged: 8-6-8. The console is Kimball. The manual windchests appear to be Reuter pitman. The Swell 8' Voix Celeste appears to be an Estey labial Oboe and the pipes are stamped 'Oboe'. The Pedal 16' Bourdon has only 30 pipes. The Pedal 16' Lieblich Gedeckt is just 12 pipes - perhaps originally an extension of a manual rank. The chimes are Mayland, 25-notes from G20 to g 44.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on July 11, 2020.
Jim Stettner on July 10, 2020:

Identified from a Facebook Pipe Organ Garage Sale post on July 9, 2020. Further information proided by the present owner - Alex Fries of Fries Keyboard Works. The congregation sold the building and the new congregation did not want the organ. It was removed to storge by Fries Keyboard Works in June 2020 and is for sale for $7,000.00.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on July 10, 2020.
Stoplist copied from June 2020 photos of the console and stop rail: Open In New Tab Originally published July 10, 2020
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on July 11, 2020.
Initial (1990) case drawing for Good Shepherd Lutheran: Open In New Tab Bradford Organ Company submitted this drawing to Ken Greenberg, who in turn produced a final case design for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Document created on 2023-09-14
We received the most recent update for this document from Ronald Damholt on September 14, 2023.

Contract between Bradford Organ Co. and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church: Open In New Tab This contract was signed in June of 1990, and the work completed in April of 1991.
Document created on 2023-09-14
We received the most recent update for this document from Ronald Damholt on September 14, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Organ case at rear of sanctuary: Photograph by Alex Fries, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2019-11-01

Console: Photograph by Alex Fries, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2019-11-01

Console: stoprail: Photograph by Alex Fries, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2019-11-01

Great pipework: Photograph by Alex Fries, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2020-06-09

Swell pipework: Photograph by Alex Fries, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2020-06-09