Summer 2009 Whole Number 104. Copyright 2009 Chicago-Midwest Chapter, Organ Historical Society. All rights reserved. Website:

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1 The Stopt Diapason Summer 2009 Whole Number 104 Copyright 2009 Chicago-Midwest Chapter, Organ Historical Society. All rights reserved. Website: THREE HISTORIC WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, CHURCHES TO BE VISITED IN OCTOBER The Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society will visit four historic churches in Waukegan and Lake Forest, Illinois, on Saturday, October 10, The exteriors of the Waukegan churches are depicted above. See further information for this event in this issue. Photographs by Stephen Schnurr. The Stopt Diapason, a journal devoted to the history of the organ in Chicago and the Midwest, is published quarterly by the Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society, Inc., a not-for-profit, educational organization. The Chicago-Midwest Chapter is a non-profit corporation incorporated in the State of Illinois.

2 From the President: Dear Chicago-Midwest OHS Members: The Summer of 2009 was a memorable one, but it is now time begin our Program Year. We will begin with our annual Autumn Organ on Saturday, October 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. when we visit four distinctly unique organs in Waukegan and Lake Forest. We will begin the day with a visit to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Waukegan to see and hear the Maxcy-Barton organ. This is one of only a few extant instruments by this builder. We will walk next door to Christ Episcopal Church to see the E. H. Holloway organ housed in one of Waukegan s finest Richardsonian Gothic structures. We will continue a walking tour to First Presbyterian Church in Waukegan to see and hear the Gress-Miles organ. We will then venture south to Lake Forest for lunch and conclude the day with a visit to the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest to hear the only two Harrison & Harrison organs in Illinois. More information can be found elsewhere in this issue of The Stopt Diapason. We will return to the Pullman Greenstone United Methodist Church on Sunday, November 22, 3:00 p.m., for a Member s Recital played by Chapter Board Member Jay Peterson. More information will be forthcoming in the next issue of The Stopt Diapason. On Saturday, March 20, 2010, we will join the Chicago AGO Chapter for our Annual Co-Sponsored Organ Crawl when we will visit four organs on the Far South side of Chicago. More information including times and venues for this event will be forthcoming. We will conclude the year with a Members Recital and Annual Meeting at Epworth United Methodist Church in Chicago. More information will be forthcoming in a future issue of The Stopt Diapason. Sincerely, Derek E. Nickels, President Chicago-Midwest Chapter OHS Editor, The Stopt Diapason Stephen J. Schnurr, Jr. c/o Saint Paul Catholic Church Post Office Box 1475 Valparaiso, Indiana Office: (219) stephen.schnurr.mus.95@aya.yale.edu Board Members President: Derek E. Nickels 1224 Elmwood Avenue, #2-W Evanston, Illinois Office: (847) , extension 17 Cell: (224) drdden@hotmail.com Secretary: Joyce Robinson 8447 Clara Drive Niles, Illinois Residence: (847) jrobinson@sgcmail.com Treasurer: Dennis E. Northway Grace Episcopal Church 924 Lake Street Oak Park, Illinois Office: (708) , extension 12 Fax: (708) denden1958@runbox.com Members at large: William C. Aylesworth 19 Overlook Drive Golf, Illinois Residence: (847) Office: (847) Br. Benjamin Basile, C.PP.S. Calumet College of Saint Joseph 2400 New York Avenue Whiting, Indiana Residence: (219) Office: (219) Fax: (219) bensb2@aol.com James Russell Brown Music Institute of Chicago 1490 Chicago Avenue Evanston, Illinois Office: (847) , extension jbrown@musicinst.org (one vacancy) CHICAGO-MIDWEST CHAPTER HONORARY MEMBERS David McCain Julie Stephens 2

3 In this issue: Autumn Organ Crawl Preview, October 10 5 Midwest Organ in History 4 Chapter and area calendars 3 Organ News 13 Chapter Donors 13 Some Chicago Erbeniana 11 Chapter Sponsors 2009 Convention Recitalists 4 CALENDAR OF CHAPTER EVENTS FOR ) Saturday, October 10, 2009, 9:30 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. Annual Autumn Organ Crawl of the Far North Shore, including Christ Episcopal Church, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the First Presbyterian Church of Waukegan, as well as Holy Spirit Episcopal Church of Lake Forest, Illinois. Further information to be found elsewhere in this issue of The Stopt Diapason. 2) Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3:00 p.m. Annual Autumn Organ Recital at the Greenstone (Pullman) United Methodist Church, South Saint Lawrence Avenue and 112 th Street, Chicago, Illinois. Featured recitalist will be Jay Peterson. Further information will be found in the next issue of this journal. 3) Saturday, March 10, 2010, Annual Spring Organ Crawl, co-sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Further information will be found in a future issue of The Stopt Diapason. CALENDAR OF AREA EVENTS Please notify the Editor of events to be listed (contact information found above) 1) Saturday, September 26, the Greenstone (Pullman) United Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois, presents a concert of Railroad and Hobo songs featuring a number of folk musicians from the Chicago area. Chicago-Midwest Chapter member Luther Gette will lead several songs from the organ bench. Free dinner featuring spaghetti and polenta will precede in the church hall. Dinner is 4:30 until 6:00 p.m., concert at 7:00 p.m. A free-will offering will be accepted at the concert. 2) Saturday, September 26, 8:00 p.m., the Bach and Beethoven Ensemble presents a Johann Sebastian Bach s Cantatas 51 and 199 at Northwestern University s Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston. A free-will offering will be accepted. 3) Sunday, October 4, 3:00 p.m., the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois presents Janette Fishell in a recital of organ works by Charles Tournemire, Herbert Howells, and Charles-Marie Widor on the 1914 Ernest M. Skinner Company opus 208. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, $7 for students. Telephone (847) , extension ) Thursday, October 8, 7:30 p.m., the Music Institute of Chicago presents a Baroque Band concert, The Virtuoso Oboe (Garry Clarke, artistic director; Alex Klein, baroque oboe) with works by Antonio Vivaldi and Tomaso Albinoni. Tickets: 5) Friday, October 9, 6:30 p.m., the Music Institute of Chicago presents a baroque oboe master class with Alex Klein. See contact information in #3 above. 6) Sunday, October 11, 3:00 p.m., the Cathedral Arts Concert Series presents its annual Autumn Organ Recital at the Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Seventh Avenue and Tyler Street, Gary, Indiana. Featured recitalist will be Chapter member Stephen Schnurr in a program of works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Vincent Lübeck, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Pachelbel, Max Reger, Gabriel Pierné, and Marcel Dupré Casavant opus 2769, two manuals, 33 ranks. A free-will offering will be accepted. Reception following. Free, secured parking in the Cathedral lots. For further information or directions, telephone (219) ) Sunday, November 8, 3:00 p.m., the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows, 3121 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, presents Mary Gifford in recital on the 1902 Lyon & Healy four-manual organ. Works by Kellner, Mendelssohn, Bach, and Vierne will be presented. A free-will offering will be accepted. Free, safe, off-street parking in Basilica lots. 8) Wednesday, November 14, 12:15 p.m., the Music Institute of Chicago presents Richard B. Hoskins in a recital of organ transcriptions of music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Wagner, and Pietro Mascagni. Free-will offering for scholarship fund. Contact information in #3 above. 9) Wednesday, December 2, 12:15 p.m., the Music Institute of Chicago presents Chapter member Derek Nickels in an organ recital of English Cathedral music. Free-will offering for scholarship fund. Contact information in #3 above. 10) Sunday, January 31, 2010, 3:00 p.m., the Cathedral Arts Concert Series presents its Winter Organ Recital at Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, 6060 Miller Avenue, Gary, Indiana. Featured recitalist is Chapter President Derek Nickels Casavant opus 2740, two manuals, 27 ranks. Free-will offering. Reception following. Free, secured parking in church lots. Contact information in #6 above. 3

4 11) Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 12:15 p.m., the Music Institute of Chicago presents Christine Marshall Kraemer in a recital of works by Josef Rheinberger. Free-will offering for scholarship fund. Contact information in #3 above. 12) Sunday, April 11, 2010, 3:00 p.m., the Cathedral Arts Concert Series presents its annual Spring Organ Recital in the Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana. Jonathan Hehn of South Bend, Indiana, is the featured recitalist. A freewill offering will be accepted. Contact information in #6 above. 13) Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 12:15 p.m., the Music Institute of Chicago presents H. Ricardo Ramirez in an organ recital. Free-will offering for scholarship fund. CHICAGO-MIDWEST CHAPTER SPONSORS RECITALISTS AT 2009 OHS CLEVELAND NATIONAL CONVENTION The Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society is pleased to have sponsored several of its members in recital at the July 2009 National Convention of the Society in the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area. Recitalists sponsored were: William C. Aylesworth, Adam Gruber, Dennis Northway, and David Schrader. THE MIDWEST ORGAN IN HISTORY SUBMITTED BY STEPHEN L. PINEL Stephen L. Pinel, Organ Historical Society Archivist, has submitted the following item regarding the 1857 House organ for the First Baptist Church of Chicago, from The Buffalo Courier, Monday, March 9, 1857: THE ORGAN FOR CHICAGO. A considerable number assembled at the Organ Manufactory of Mr. G. House on Saturday morning, to listen to the trial of the organ just completed for the First Baptist Church of Chicago. The instrument more than equaled the expectations of those present. In action, quality of tone and power it is alike excellent. The action is reversed so that the performer faces the audience, and has the key-board more fully at his command than under the old arrangement. The organ has two banks of keys from C. C. to G, in altissimo; and two octave pedals from C. C. C. to C. It has the following stops:-- GREAT ORGAN. Open Diapason, Stop d Diapason, Stop d Diapason Bass, Dulciana, Viol D Amour, Principal, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Violano [sic], Walde Flute [sic], Sesquialtra, Trumpet, SWELL ORGAN. Double Diapason, Open Diapason, Stop d Diapason, Clarabella, Principal, Twelfth, Picola [sic], Dulciana Cornet, Hautboy, Melodia Bass, Tremulent [sic], Fifteenth, PEDAL ORGAN. Double Open Diapason C. C. C., Violincello C. C. There are couples to connect the Great and Swell Organ, the Pedal and Swell Organ, and the Pedal and Great Organ. In the interior arrangement of the pipes, Mr. HOUSE has made several decided improvements which facilitate tuning and repairing very much. The case is finished in Grecian style and is very neat. The workmanship throughout is perfect, and, as a consequence, the action is noiseless and exact. The piano tones of the instrument are remarkably sweet, and the full organ gives a great volume of sound without drowning the melody of the music. The stops are all good. The Instrument was played by Mr. BLODGETT, the organist of St. John s Church, by Mr. EVERETT L. BADER and by CARL FREDERICK BAUM, who displayed its fine qualities very acceptably to the listeners. It is to be taken down and packed to-day, and will be immediately shipped to Chicago. We understand that Mr. BLODGETT will go on with Mr. HOUSE, and will in due time favor the good people of Chicago with a specimen of the eloquence of a Buffalo Organ in the hands of a Buffalo Organist. Mr. HOUSE cannot fail to add to his present high reputation by building such instruments as the one we have thus hurriedly noticed. 4

5 AUTUMN ORGAN CRAWL TO VISIT FOUR INSTRUMENTS IN WAUKEGAN AND LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS Saturday, October 10, 2009 SCHEDULE: 9:30 a.m. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 508 Grand Avenue, Waukegan 10:30 a.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 410 Grand Avenue, Waukegan 11:30 a.m. First Presbyterian Church, 122 North Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Waukegan 12:15-1:45 p.m. Lunch on your own (suggestions will be provided) 2:00 p.m. Church of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal, 400 East Westminster Road, Lake Forest Complete directions will be found at the end of this article. Participants are asked to bring this issue with them to the organ crawl. OHS Members and their guests are invited to participate for all or any part of the day s events, as they are able. We will visit four churches on Saturday, October 10, 2009, between 9:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. to see and hear five organs unique to our area built by Maxcy Barton, Holloway, Gress-Miles, and Harrison & Harrison, all housed in architecturally diverse settings. WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Grand Avenue and West Street, is the Catholic mother parish of Waukegan, founded in 1841 as Saint Anne Church. The area was then part of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana. The parish became known as Saint Mary soon after the formation of the Diocese of Chicago in In 1847, the first church was finished at County and Water Streets. By 1854, the parish was called Saint Bernard. It officially took its present name in 1864 and is the fourth oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The present property was purchased in The cornerstone of a church in the American Colonial style was laid the following year, and the building was dedicated on May 11, Joe W. McCarthy of Chicago drew the plans, like several in the Archdiocese of Chicago, reminiscent of the chapel of Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary in nearby Mundelein. The exterior is faced in Pennsylvania blue granite. The organ was built by the Maxcy-Barton Organ Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was given in memory of Nicholas T. Reardon by his wife and is one of the few extant examples of this builder s work specifically for church use. The organ is eminently restorable, and some restorative repairs have been recently carried out by Jeff Weiler of Chicago. Specification of 1930 Maxcy-Barton organ: Great (Manual II, Enclosed with Choir) Swell (continued) 8 Open Diapason 2 Flautino (extension, 16 Bourdon) 8 Doppel Flote [sic] 1-3/5 Tierce (extension, 16 Bourdon) 8 Melodia 8 Cornopean 8 Viole d Gamba 8 Oboe 8 Dulciana 8 Vox Humana 4 Octave (extension, 8 Open Diapason) Tremolo 4 Waldflute (extension, 8 Melodia) 2-2/3 Twelfth (extension, 8 Open Diapason) Choir (Manual I, Enclosed with Great) 2 Octavett [sic] (extension, 8 Open Diapason) 8 Violin Diapason 8 Tuba 8 Concert Flute 8 Viole Swell (Manual III, Enclosed) 4 Flute Traverso (extension, 8 Concert Flute) 16 Bourdon 2 Piccolo (extension, 8 Concert Flute) 8 Open Diapason 8 Clarinet 8 Stopped Diapason (extension, 16 Bourdon) Tremolo 8 Salicional Harp (prepared) 8 Voix Celeste (from tenor C) Chimes (from tenor A 20 tubes) 8 Aeoline 4 Flute Harmonic Pedal (Enclosed with Great and Choir) 2-2/3 Nazard (extension, 16 Bourdon) 16 Diapason 5

6 Pedal (continued) Pedal (continued) 16 Bourdon 8 Flute (from Swell, 16 Bourdon) 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (from Swell, 16 Bourdon) 8 Cello (from Swell, 8 Salicional) 8 Open Diapason (extension, 16 Diapason) Sources: The Archdiocese of Chicago: A Journey of Faith, Edward R. Kantowicz, Booklink, page 337; A History of the Parishes of the Archdiocese of Chicago, edited by Rev. Msgr. Harry C. Koenig, STD, Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1980, volume 2, pages Above, interior views of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Waukegan; below the interior of Christ Episcopal Church. Photographs by Stephen Schnurr. WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, Christ Episcopal Church, Grand Avenue and North Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, has been the Episcopal parish in Waukegan since it was officially organized on February 7, The parish s first edifice was built just north of the present church on Utica Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue). Ground was broken on October 10, 1887, for the present church building on the corner of Grand Avenue and Utica Street. The cornerstone was laid on June 25, 1888, and on January 31, 1889, the church was consecrated by the Right Reverend William E. McLaren, Bishop of Chicago. The Richardsonian Romanesque church constructed of Carbondale brownstone with Gothic features was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Edbrook and Burnham. It was completed at a total cost of $33, through special gifts and memorials. Special features include: ten recessed stained glass windows including one from the Tiffany studio; one large window in the front of the church representing Christ and the children; oak pews with cherry trim 6

7 constructed by the A. W. Hempleman and Co. of Richmond, Indiana, at a cost of $730.00; and a 120-foot tall bell tower that houses one 1800-pound bell cast in Troy, New York. The Lady Chapel was completed in 1914 and was dedicated by the Right Reverend Charles Palmerstone Anderson, D.D., Bishop of Chicago, on Sunday, December 11, The 28-foot by 63-foot chapel seats 60 and was designed by architect Harry Mace of Evanston. The golden oak altar was carved by John Lang, son of the famed wood carver of Oberammergau, Germany, Alois Lang. The stained glass triptych window behind the altar was imported from England. The chapel is considered to be one of the best examples of perpendicular Gothic design in the northern Chicago metropolitan area. The organ firm of Marshall-Bennett installed their opus 194 in This 2-manual instrument was later replaced by M. P. Möller s Opus 5873 in the 1930s, a rather large 3-manual organ of 50 registers. This was later replaced in 1975 by the present electro-pneumatic organ with slider chests built by the firm of E. H. Holloway Corporation of Indianapolis, Indiana. The dedication service and recital performed by Allan Moeller, organist at the Church of the Holy Spirit [no date], consisted of the following: Processional Praise to the Lord Organ Recital played by Allan Moeller Prelude and Fugue in A minor Johann Sebastian Bach Choralpartita on Christ is my Life Johann Pachelbel Scherzo from Symphonie II Louis Vierne Fairest Lord Jesus Hermann Schroeder Toccata from Symphonie V Charles-Marie Widor Opening Sentences from Evening Prayer Psalm 150 Scripture Lesson Nunc Dimittis The Creed The Lord s Prayer Versicle and Responses Collects Prayer of Dedication Anthem Cherubim Song Bortniansky Prayers and Benediction Recessional Glorious Things The Rev. Robert E. Savage, Rector Mrs. Robert John, Organist and Choir Director Specification of 1975 E. H. Holloway Corporation organ: GREAT (MANUAL I, located on the Epistle side) Swell (continued) 8 Principal (in façade, 61 pipes) 4 Principal (61 pipes) 8 Gedeckt (61 pipes) 4 Spillflöte (61 pipes) 4 Octave (61 pipes) 2 Octavin (61 pipes) 2 Blockflöte (61 pipes) 1-1/3 Quintlein (61 pipes) II Fourniture (1-1/3, 122 pipes) 8 Trumpet (61 pipes) II Cymbale (2/3, 122 pipes) Swell to Swell 16 Chimes (Cymbelstern) Swell Unison Off Great to Great 16 Swell to Swell 4 Great Unison Off Great to Great 4 PEDAL (located on the Gospel side) Swell to Great Subbass (12 pipes, extension, Swell, 8 Rohrflöte) Swell to Great 8 8 Octav (in façade, 32 pipes) Swell to Great 4 8 Pommer (44 pipes) 4 Choralbass (extension, 8 Octav) SWELL (MANUAL II located on the Gospel side) 2 Schweigel (32 pipes) 8 Rohrflöte (61 pipes) II Mixture (from Great, II Fourniture) 8 Gemshorn (61 pipes) 16 Fagot (12 pipes, extension, Great, 8 Trumpet) 8 Celeste (from tenor C, 49 pipes) Great to Pedal 8 7

8 Pedal (continued) Pedal (continued) Swell to Pedal 8 Swell to Pedal 4 ACCESSORIES 6 general pistons (thumb and toe) 3 Great pistons (thumb) 3 Swell pistons (thumb) Great to Pedal Reversible (toe) Swell Expression Shoe (operates Nave and Sanctuary shades) Crescendo Shoe (with indicator light) Tutti Reversible (thumb and toe with indicator light) Information gathered from: Christ Episcopal Church: Historical Background and Description, n.d., published by church; The Organs of the United States and Canada Database, compiled by George Nelson, Seattle, Washington. Above, the First Presbyterian Church of Waukegan: left, the nave towards the sanctuary; right, the organ s horizontal reed mounted at the rear of the church. Photographs by Stephen Schnurr. WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, First Presbyterian Church, North Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue between Robert V. Sabonjian Place and West Clayton Street, was founded in 1857 and built its first frame church of Gothic influence the following year. The cornerstone for the present Romanesque-style sanctuary was laid on November 18, The building of hydraulic pressed brick over a Bedford limestone foundation and trim cost $15,540. It featured the first inclined floor in a Waukegan church. Dedication occurred on March 18 of the following year. The sanctuary was remodeled in 1963 and In 1899, A. B. Felgemaker of Erie, Pennsylvania, installed its opus 691, a two-manual, twenty-three rank organ. A gift from Jane McAllister made the acquisition possible. The church still has the warranty, dated April 3, 1899, and signed by Mr. Felgemaker. The present organ was installed by Gress-Miles of Pennington, New Jersey, at a cost of $28,000. It was dedicated along with the renovated sanctuary on June 24, 1964, with a recital by Mrs. Charles Mattes, the church s director of music and organist. Manual compass is 58 notes (C-A); Pedal compass is 32 notes (C-G). In 1981, a set of Chimes was added to the Great division (from tenor G, 24 tubes). Five years later, a horizontal trumpet rank of copper was placed on the rear wall of the sanctuary, with additional stop tablets for each manual and Pedal. Original specification of 1964 Gress-Miles opus 19: GREAT (Manual I) Swell (continued) 8 Principal (58 pipes) 8 Unda Maris (from tenor C, 46 pipes) 8 Rohrfloete (58 pipes) 4 Spielfloete (58 pipes) 4 Octave (58 pipes) 2 Octave (58 pipes) 2 Waldfloete (58 pipes) 1-1/3 Nasat (58 pipes) III-V Mixture (1-1/3, 254 pipes) II Sesquialtera (from tenor C, 92 pipes) 8 Trumpet (70 pipes) III-IV Scharf (2/3, 220 pipes) 16 Dulzian (from tenor C, from 8 Dulzian) SWELL (Manual II, Enclosed) 8 Dulzian (58 pipes) 8 Gedeckt (58 pipes) Tremulant 8 Salicional (58 pipes) 8

9 PEDAL Pedal (continued) 16 Subbass (56 pipes) 2 Superoctave (extension, 8 Principal) 8 Principal (68 pipes) 1 Oktavlein (extension, 8 Principal) 8 Gedeckt (extension, 16 Subbass) 16 Posaune (extension, Great, 8 Trumpet) 5-1/3 Quintfloete (extension, 16 Subbass) 8 Trumpet (from Great, 8 Trumpet) 4 Octave (extension, 8 Principal) 4 Dulzian (from Swell, 8 Dulzian) 4 Gedecktfloete (extension, 16 Subbass) LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, Church of the Holy Spirit, Episcopal, East Westminster and Church Roads, was organized in 1898 and built this church in the English Gothic style in The first organ in the church, donated by Frank Hibbard, was built by Lyon & Healy of Chicago around 1905 as their opus 146 (factory number 1399). The two-manual, tubularpneumatic instrument had thirteen stops and four couplers. In May of 1929, plans were approved by the Vestry for purchase of a new, three-manual, electro-pneumatic action organ from the Chicago firm of W. W. Kimball. The Lyon & Healy organ was moved to the chapel. Work to remove the old organ to the chapel and installation of the new instrument began in August. The Kimball organ was dedicated in service on Sunday, November 3. A recital was later played by Franklin Glynn. The entire project cost $22,500. In 1972, the Kimball organ was given to Grace United Methodist Church of nearby Lake Bluff. A new organ of three manuals, forty-four ranks was commissioned by Holy Spirit from Harrison & Harrison, Ltd., of Durham, England. The instrument was installed during a project that increased the size of the church. Harrison & Harrison shipped the organ back to England for enlargement and enhancement, a project occurring in 1994 and The nave of the church was again reconfigured at that time. The three-manual, fifty-rank organ was then placed in a chamber with a new façade of oak with display pipes. The console is detached and moveable. A new, one-manual, three-rank, mechanical action organ was also purchased from Harrison & Harrison. Compass is 54 notes (C-F). Present specification of 1995 Harrison & Harrison, Ltd., organ: GREAT ORGAN (Manual II) Choir (continued) 16 Bourdon (12 basses from Pedal, 16 4 Chimney Flute (61 pipes) Bourdon 49 pipes) 2-2/3 Nazard (61 pipes) 8 Open Diapason (61 pipes) 2 Fifteenth (61 pipes) 8 Stopped Diapason (61 pipes) 2 Gemshorn (61 pipes) 4 Octave (61 pipes) 1-3/5 Tierce (61 pipes) 4 Open Flute (61 pipes) III Mixture (183 pipes) 2 Fifteenth (61 pipes) 8 Trompette (61 pipes) IV Mixture (244 pipes) Tremulant 8 Trumpet (61 pipes) Enclosed: 8 Salicional (61 pipes) SWELL ORGAN (Manual III, Enclosed) 8 Spitzflute (61 pipes) 8 Violin Diapason (61 pipes) 8 Flute Celeste (from tenor C 49 pipes) 8 Gedackt (61 pipes) 4 Flute (61 pipes) 8 Viole (61 pipes) 8 Corno di Bassetto (61 pipes) 8 Viole Celeste (61 pipes) 4 Principal (61 pipes) PEDAL ORGAN 4 Spitzflute (61 pipes) 16 Open Diapason (44 pipes) 2 Flageolet (61 pipes) 16 Bourdon (44 pipes) IV Mixture (244 pipes) 16 Dulciana (32 pipes) 16 Contra Fagotto (73 pipes) 10-2/3 Quint (extension, 16 Bourdon) 8 Cornopean (61 pipes) 8 Principal (extension, 16 Open Diapason) 8 Oboe (extension, 16 Contra Fagotto) 8 Stopped Flute (extension, 16 Bourdon) 4 Clarion (61 pipes) 4 Fifteenth (32 pipes) Tremulant 4 Waldflute (32 pipes) II Mixture (64 pipes) CHOIR ORGAN (Manual I) 16 Trombone (32 pipes) Unenclosed: 16 Fagotto (from Swell, 16 Contra Fagotto) 8 Gedackt (61 pipes) 8 Cornopean (from Swell, 8 Cornopean) 4 Principal (61 pipes) 4 Clarion (32 pipes) 9

10 Specification of Harrison & Harrison, Ltd., organ: MANUAL 8 (54 pipes) 4 (54 pipes) 2 (54 pipes) Sources: New Organs, The Diapason, October 1996, Eighty-Seventh Year, Number 10, Whole number 1043, page 18; New Organs, The American Organist, March 1997, Volume 31, Number 3, page 82; Organs of the United States and Canada Database, compiled by George Nelson, Seattle, Washington; Lyon & Healy opus list. DIRECTIONS From Downtown Chicago to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 508 Grand Avenue, Waukegan: proceed on Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94 West) for approximately 7 miles and exit onto the Edens Expressway (I-94 West). Continue on the Edens Expressway for approximately 14 miles. Keep left onto US-41 after it turns into Skokie Highway for approximately 13 miles. Turn right onto SR-137/Buckley Road. Continue on Buckley Road for approximately 5 miles before turning right onto Grand Avenue. Immaculate Conception will be on your left on the corner of Grand Avenue and North West Street. The entrance to the parking for both Immaculate Conception and Christ Church is off of Grand Avenue just east of the Christ Church Parish House. Approximate driving time: 55 minutes From Immaculate Conception Catholic Church to Christ Episcopal Church, 410 Grand Avenue, Waukegan: Walk east on Grand Avenue past parking lot to Christ Church. Approximate walking time: 1 minute From Christ Episcopal Church to First Presbyterian Church, 122 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Waukegan: Walk south on N. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue for approximately 0.2 miles past W. Clayton Street. First Presbyterian Church will be on your right. Approximate walking time: 1 minute From First Presbyterian Church, Waukegan, to Church of the Holy Spirit (Episcopal), 400 East Westminster Road, Lake Forest: depart North Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue and turn right onto Grand Avenue. Proceed on Grand Avenue for approximately 0.2 miles. Grand Avenue will change names after crossing Sheridan Road. Once past Sheridan Road, turn right onto SR-137 South/Amstutz Expressway. Continue on Amstutz for approximately 4 miles and turn left onto East Sheridan Road. Road changes name to East Sheridan Road and continue for approximately 3 miles. Keep straight onto North McKinley Road for approximately 1 mile. Turn left onto East Westminster Road. Church of the Holy Spirit will be on your left. Parking is available in parking lot to west of church. Approximate driving time: 20 minutes. Below: Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, Lake Forest. Photograph by Stephen Schnurr. 10

11 SOME CHICAGO ERBENIANA MICHAEL D. FRIESEN The New York City organbuilder Henry Erben ( ) built several organs for churches in the city of Chicago prior to the Great Fire of October 9, 1871, which not only changed the physical landscape of much of its center, but also effectively changed its organ landscape for some time. Whereas the instruments that had been installed up to that point, starting with the first pipe organ in 1837 built by Erben reflected the work of a wide range of firms, almost all of the important organs that came after the fire were constructed by New England businesses: Johnson & Son, E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, and Steere & Turner. Erben is not known to have built an instrument for Chicago after By the time that a firm from New York City, the Roosevelt Organ Works, had again obtained a major toehold in the Chicago market (speaking of the 1889 Chicago Auditorium instrument), Erben was dead, and his firm had gone out of business. When this writer first published articles about early organs in Chicago in this journal (Whole Numbers 35 through 42, October 1985 to April 1987), gleanings of newspaper coverage were then dependent on the tedious process of reading microfilm page by page, hoping to find mentions of organs. Since then, the digitization of newspapers that has begun, which permits keyword searches and retrieval of full texts, has made it considerably easier to find descriptions of such instruments. This article thus presents some new information on Erben organs or Henry himself, based primarily on gleanings from the Chicago Tribune. It is inevitable that more details will continue to surface in the future, as the Tribune is the only Chicago newspaper that has been digitized to-date. It clearly did not always cover the arrival of pipe organs, however, based on a careful review of available articles on organs derived from the database of its issues as compared to known installations. Other major Chicago newspapers of the past will surely become available in electronic format in coming years, and their journalistic rivalries almost ensures that somewhere a newspaper covered the arrival of an organ that a competitor did not, all of which will be to the benefit of those of us who love reading about organ history. The following organs are known to have been built by Erben for Chicago destinations. The dates of some are uncertain, inasmuch as publicity of their installations has continued to be elusive. The dates of some come from lists of organs that Erben published from time to time, but they are not always completely reliable Saint James Episcopal Saint Mary Catholic [it became the first cathedral] Grace Episcopal Saint Paul Universalist Saint Patrick Catholic Holy Name Catholic Cathedral Christ Episcopal Plymouth Congregational The Saint James organ was replaced by a larger Hall & Labagh in The Saint Mary instrument, though dated 1847 on some Erben opus lists, undoubtedly a typographical error, was surely the organ in place at the time that the cathedral was dedicated on October 5, 1845, as nothing has yet been found to indicate that it was replaced only two years later, which would not have been likely, anyway. Both Saint James and Saint Mary burned in the Great Fire. The 1856 organ at Grace Episcopal was replaced by E. & G. G. Hook, Op. 472, in The Tribune carried two brief articles about the Erben at Saint Paul Universalist; the first announcing its dedication on Saturday, October 3, 1857 with appropriate musical ceremonies, under the management of Mr. W. H. Currie, the organist, and the second as a review of the program, which reads as follows: On last Saturday evening, at St. Paul s (Universalist) church, [a] service was held on the occasion of the dedication of the new organ recently placed there. The instrument was made by Henry Erben, of New York, and is in good keeping with the interior of the church. Its tones are full and musical and it has sufficient power for all practical purposes. Its merits were fully tested by Messrs. Becker and Currie, and Miss Tillinghast. The choir of the church, Mr. and Mrs. Mozart, Mrs. Matteson and Mr. Robbins, sang several selections from Haydn and Mendelssohn, and elicited the favorable comment of all present. 1 1 Dedication, Chicago Tribune, September 29, 1857, 1; Dedication of St. Paul s Church Organ, Chicago Tribune, October 6, 1857, 1. 11

12 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Plymouth Congregational Church, Henry Erben organ, New York City, New York, 1871, three manuals, 39 stops, 44 ranks, 2,384 pipes. Great Swell (continued) 16 Double Open Diapason (metal) 8 Cornopean 8 Open Diapason 8 Hautboy 8 Gamba 8 Melodia ( an excellent 8-foot wooden stop ) Choir 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Open Diapason 4 Principal 8 Clarabella 4 Wald Flute 8 Keraulophon 2 2/3 Twelfth 8 Dulciana 2 Fifteenth 8 Stopped Diapason II Sesquialtera 4 Octave IV Mixture 4 Flute Traverse 8 Trumpet 2 Flageolet 4 Clarion 8 Clarionet [Clarinet] 8 Bassoon Swell 16 Bourdon Pedal 8 Open Diapason 16 Double Open Diapason 8 Viol de Gamba 16 Bourdon 8 Stopped Diapason 10 2/3 Quint 4 Violano [Violina] 8 Violoncello 4 Flute Harmonique 8 Melodia Flute 2 Piccolo 16 Trombone (metal) IV Cornet Note: although the accounts generally did not give the stop pitches, they are listed here as derived from the stoplist given in The Stopt Diapason, Vol. 8, No. 1, Whole No. 41, Although the rank count of the mixtures implies that the total rank count would have been 46, the mathematical results of compasses taken with the stated pipe count indicates that drawing on the Mixture on the Great would also draw on the Sesquialtera, and thus the Mixture had only two independent ranks of its own. All of the stops were full-compass. This would have been a stunning instrument to play, very rich in color and variety, and it is unfortunate that the organ was lost to history. A FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION FROM THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY The noted author, Barbara Owen, has written Music on the Green: The Organists, Choirmasters, and Organs of Trinity Church. America s foremost organ historian, Owen has documented every facet of music of the parish, with biographies of musicians who have served Trinity from De Lucena Benjamin, the first organist to play the first organ in 1785 to R. Walden Moore, present organist and choirmaster, and the church s six organs from that built in 1785 by Henry Holland to the present historic 1934 Aeolian-Skinner instrument. Appendices discuss the Bells of Trinity, Stephen Loher s City Hall Chime Quarters, and include hymns composed by former organists, a Christmas anthem by G. Huntington Byles, and a descant by Mr. Moore. Music on the Green traces the long, rich history of one musically-significant New England Episcopal church that mirrors so much of the literature of the organ and church music in the United States. Over 100 pages, the book features many illustrations, including a beautiful color photograph of the Aeolian-Skinner organ case. Subscriptions to Music on the Green begin at $25 for which the name of the donor will be printed in the list of subscribers in the front of the volume. Please consider adding your name to the list in what is one of the more important church music histories ever published in our country. 12

13 ORGAN NEWS COMPILED BY STEPHEN SCHNURR The buildings of the former Sacred Heart Seminary, including its chapel, Union Road, Donaldson, Indiana, are scheduled for demolition. The Chapel was built around The pipe organ was built in 1937 by Schaefer of Slinger, Wisconsin, as their opus 176 (confirmed several times within console), and is in need of a new home. The electropneumatic action instrument has two manuals, nine ranks, all enclosed in one enclosure, with tonal openings into the chapel from above the rear gallery. The stop-tongue console is located in the center of rear balcony. There is a Spencer blower with a LaMarche rectifier. Wind pressure is 4. Manual compass: 61 notes (C-C); Pedal compass (concave, radiating pedalboard): 32 notes (C-G). There are toggle switches for the combination action at left (Swell and Pedal) and right (Great and Pedal) of the keyboards. Interested parties should contact Classic City Solutions of Auburn, Indiana, at (260) , or visit classiccitysolutions.com. Specification of 1937 Schaefer opus 176: GREAT (Manual I) Swell (continued) 8 Open Diapason (scale 43, zinc basses, remainder 8 Lieblich Gedeckt (extension, 16 Bourdon) linen lead) 8 Salicional (from Great, 8 Viola) 8 Melodia (open wood) 8 Vox Celeste (spotted metal) 8 Viola (zinc basses, remainder spotted metal) 8 Dolce (from Great, 8 Dulciana) 8 Dulciana (zinc basses, remainder spotted metal) 4 Flute d Amour (extension, 16 Bourdon) 4 Principal (scale 56, 5 zinc basses, remainder 4 Violina (extension, Great, 8 Viola?) linen lead) 8 Oboe (capped, spotted metal resonators) 4 Flauto Traverso (extension, 8 Melodia?) Swell to Swell 16 Tremolo (entire organ) Swell Unison Off Great to Great 16 Swell to Swell 4 Great Unison Off Great to Great 4 PEDAL Swell to Great Subbass (stopped wood) Swell to Great 8 16 Bourdon (from Swell, 16 Bourdon) Swell to Great 4 8 Bass Flute (extension, 16 Subbass?) 8 Flauto Dolce (from Swell, 16 Bourdon) SWELL (Manual II) 8 Violoncello (from Great, 8 Viola?) 16 Bourdon (97 pipes, stopped wood with open Great to Pedal 8 metal trebles) Swell to Pedal 8 ACCESSORIES 4 Great and Pedal combinations and Cancel (under Manual I) Balanced Swell expression shoe 4 Swell and Pedal combinations and Cancel (under Manual II) Balanced Crescendo shoe (with indicator light) Current (indicator light) The Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Organ Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the following gifts, in addition to dues, for the Fiscal Year (as of September 23, 2009): Guarantor ($100 or more): James Russell Brown, Derek E. Nickels, Dr. Dennis E. Northway, Jay Peterson; Sponsor ($50-$99): Luther W. Gette, Philip A. Underwood; Patron ($25-$49): John Bryant, Carl Chadek, Robert R. Feigel, Robert and Claire Gadbois, Lowell Johnson, Eugene Mudra, Joyce J. Robinson, Naomi Rowley, Mark Sudeith; Friend ($5 - $24): Reverend Daniel Buck, Fred Conrad, Mark M. Konchan, Dr. Elizabeth M. Naegele, Betty and Stephen Schnurr, Sr., John Shanahan. Contributions to the Emergency Organ Rescue Fund: Reverend Daniel P. Buck, Henry DiCristofano, Reverend Thomas Lijewski, Joyce J. Robinson, Charles Chauncey Wells, Robert E. Woodworth, Jr. Sponsors/Underwriters of an issue of The Stopt Diapason ($250): Derek E. Nickels/Daniel R. Driscoll; Benefactors of Success Fund for 2012: James Russell Brown, Br. Christopher Buck, FSC, Margaret Chen, George and Ann Dobie, Robert and Claire Gadbois, Reverend Thomas Lijewski, Dr. Dennis E. Northway, Jay Peterson, Joyce J. Robinson, Charles Chauncey Wells, Robert E. Woodworth, Jr. 13

14 This issue of The Stopt Diapason is sponsored by Derek E. Nickels and Daniel R. Driscoll. Below: pictures of the former Sacred Heart Seminary Chapel, Donaldson, Indiana. Photographs by Stephen Schnurr. 14