Chicago, IL
First Presbyterian Church


Builder:		Skinner Organ Co.
  Year:			1921
  Opus:			348
No. manuals:		4
No. stops:		45
No. ranks:		40
No. pipes:		2,489

Specification

Great
	16'	Bourdon			17	(Pedal ext.)
	8'	First Open Diapason	61
	8'	Second Open Diapason	61
	8'	Claribel Flute		61
	8'	Erzahler		61
	4'	Octave			61
	2 2/3'	Twelfth			61
	2'	Fifteenth		61
	8'	Tromba			61	(enclosed in CH)
		Chimes			EC
		Blank
		Blank
Swell
	16'	Bourdon			73
	8'	Diapason		73
	8'	Gedeckt			73
	8'	Salicional		73
	8'	Voix Celeste		73
	8'	Aeoline			73
	8'	Unda Maris		61
	4'	Flute			73
	2'	Flautino		61
	III	Mixture			183
	8'	Cornopean		73
	8'	Flugel Horn		73
	8'	Vox Humana		73
		Tremolo
Choir
	8'	Diapason		73
	8'	Concert Flute		73
	8'	Dulciana		73
	4'	Flute			73
	2'	Piccolo			61
	8'	Clarinet		73
	8'	Orchestral Oboe		73
		Tremolo
		Blank
		Blank
		Blank
Solo
	8'	Stentorphone		73
	8'	Gamba			73
	8'	Gamba Celeste		73
	8'	Tuba Mirabilis		73
	8'	French Horn		73
		Blank
Echo
	8'	Cor de Nuit		61
	8'	Vox Humana		61
		Tremolo
		Chimes
Pedal
	32'	Diapason		--	(resultant)
	16'	Diapason		32
	16'	Bourdon			32
	16'	Echo Bourdon		SW
	8'	Octave			12
	8'	Gedeckt			12
	8'	Still Gedeckt		SW
	4'	Flute			12
	16'	Trombone		32
	8'	Tromba			12


Source: Organ Clearing House website, 8/25/02.  The organ was offered for immediate sale and removal due to imminent building demolition.

Photo Source: Stephen Schnurr, Pipe Organs of Chicago

The building was built in 1889 by the Forty-First Street Presbyterian Church.  The congregation merged with that of First Presbyterian Church in 1912, retaining the building and the First Church name.  In 1926, the building was sold to the Metropolitan Community Church and First Church moved to a new building where  Moller 4/47 Op. 5001 was installed in 1928.  In 2003, the old First Church building with the Skinner was sold to the newly-formed Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church.