Karl Wilhelm
Opus 89, 1984
Chicago Theological Seminary
Graham Taylor Hall; Chapel
5757 S. University Avenue
Chicago, IL, US
33 Ranks
Instrument ID: 19451 ● Builder ID: 6745 ● Location ID: 17612
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
| Hauptwerk (I)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Prinzipal | |
| 8' | Viol da Gamba | |
| 8' | Rohrflöte | |
| 4' | Oktave | |
| 4' | Koppelflöte | |
| 2⅔' | Quinte | |
| 2' | Superoktave | |
| IV | Mixtur 1⅓' | |
| 8' | Trompette | |
| Rückpositiv to Hauptwerk |
| Rückpositiv (II)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Gedackt | |
| 8' | Quintadena | |
| 4' | Prinzipal | |
| 4' | Rohrflöte | |
| 2⅔' | Nazard | |
| 2' | Doublette | |
| 1⅗' | Tierce | |
| 1⅓' | Quinte | |
| III | Scharf ⅔' | |
| 8' | Cromorne | |
| Tremolo |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Subbass | |
| 8' | Oktavbass | |
| 4' | Choralbass | |
| III | Rauschpfeife 2' | |
| 16' | Fagott | |
| 8' | Trompete | |
| Rückpositiv to Pedal | ||
| Hauptwerk to Pedal |
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CONSOLES
Builder: Karl Wilhelm
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (56 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions26 Stops26 RegistersMechanical (Suspended Tracker) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Hal Gober (April 17, 2025): I voiced the organ together with Martin Pasi (in the employ of the builder, Karl Wilhelm) in its original location.
Database Manager on September 14th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Matt Emery.
Database Manager on February 10th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from Martin Hill.
Database Manager on April 15th, 2006:
Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 639 (1927).
Database Manager on September 20th, 2005:
Identified through on-line information from Matt Emery. -- Located in Graham Taylor Hall (the main seminary chapel) at 5757 S. University Ave., second floor. The gallery for the organ was built for this instrument at its construction--i.e. the original chapel has no balcony. This instrument replaced an earlier electro-pneumatic instrument (that I know no details on) [Editor: E.M. Skinner Op 639, 1927]. Located in a chamber in the side wall at the back of the chapel. The chapel dates from 1927 and is English Gothic in architecture, with stone walls and floors and a high arched ceiling which contribute to a very helpful acoustic for the instrument. The instrument currently needs some minor mechanical work which should be forthcoming--re-leathering of one of the 2 bellows and adjustment of its hitch-down couplers. A complete cleaning and tonal regulation / voicing would not be out of order, but is not anticipated in the immediate future. The instrument has flexible winding.
Related Instrument Entries: Karl Wilhelm (Opus 89-A, 2012)
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