Forest Park, Illinois

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1235 (1951) in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Forest Park, IL)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1235 (1951) in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Forest Park, IL)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1235 (1951) in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Forest Park, IL)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1235 (1951) in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Forest Park, IL) 
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:  1951
Install Year:   1954
Opus:           1235
 
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      42
No. ranks:      54
No. pipes:      3,194

Specification

           GREAT ORGAN                              SWELL ORGAN
       16' Gedacktpommer         61              8' Rohrflöte             68
        8' Prinzipal             61              8' Spitzviol             68
        8' Spitzgedackt          61              8' Viol Coelestis        68
        4' Oktav                 61              4' Prinzipal             68
        4' Waldflöte             61              4' Blockflöte            68
        2' Oktav                 pf          2 2/3' Nasat                 61
        2' Nachthorn             61              2' Spitzflöte            61
       II  Sesquialtera (12-17) 122          1 3/5' Terz                  61
       IV  Mixtur (19-22-26-29) 244             IV  Mixtur (22-26-29-33) 244
        8' Trompete              pf             16' Fagott                68
           Chimes (enc. in CH)                   8' Trompete              68
                                                 8' Fagott                12
           CHOIR ORGAN                           8' Vox Humana            61
        8' Gedackt               68              4' Schalmey              pf
        8' Dulciana              68                 Tremulant
        8' Unda Maris            pf
        4' Rohrflöte             68                 PEDAL ORGAN
        2' Flageolet             61             32' Subbass (resultant)   --
    1 1/3' Klein Nasat           61             16' Prinzipal             32
       II  Zimbel (36-40)       122             16' Subbass               32
        8' Krummhorn             61             16' Gedacktpommer         12 CH
           Tremulant                             8' Spitzoktav            32
                                                 8' Gedackt               CH
           POSITIV ORGAN (prepared for)          4' Choralbass            12
        8' Quintflöte                          III  Mixtur (12-19-22)     96
        4' Koppelflöte                          16' Posaune               32
        2' Praestant                            16' Fagott                SW
    1 1/3' Quinte                                8' Posaune               12
      III  Scharf                                8' Fagott                SW
                                                 4' Fagott                SW
                                                 2' Kornett               32
                                                    Chimes                GT


Source: Allen Kinzey

Notes: Dedication recital by Hugo Gehrke on June 20, 1954

INTERESTING FACT:  The stop jambs of this instrument are the ones that were featured on the covers of the Aeolian-Skinner catalogs printed in the 1950's and 1960's.

Photos 1 & 4 Source: Stephen Schnurr, Pipe Organs of Chicago, www.ohschicago.org
Photos 2 & 3 Source: Aeolian-Skinner Catalog c1964

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=9156