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Chicago, USA (Illinois) - Holy Name Roman Catholic Cathedral, Choir Organ
Municipal: Chicago
Region:Cook County
Address: 730 North Wabash Avenue, 60611, Chicago, IL
Website: http://holynamecathedral.org/

Description nr.: 2002236.

Built by: firma D.A. Flentrop (1968)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1968 firma D.A. Flentrop  new organ
ca. 1990 Kurt E. Roderer  transfer/relocate

  • In 1968 the Flentrop company supplied a study organ at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The organ has two manuals and a pedal with nine registers.
  • Around 1990 the instrument was transferred by Kurt Roderer to the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, where it was installed as a choir organ. Roderer installed a new pedalboard.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1968EvanstonNorthwestern University, Study Organ
ca. 1990ChicagoHoly Name Cathedral

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manuaal I3
- Manuaal II3
- Pedaal3
Total number of stops9
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manuaal I (C-g'''): Roerfluit 8', Prestant 4', Mixtuur II sterk.
Manuaal II (C-g'''): Gedekt 8', Gemshoorn 4', Prestant 2'.
Pedaal (C-g'): Subbas 16', Gedekt 8', Schalmei 4'.
Couplers: Manuaal I - Manuaal II, Pedaal - Manuaal I, Pedaal - Manuaal II.

Literature
  • Orgelbouwnieuws : Studieorgels. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 64 nr. 9, september 1968.
  • The Tracker Organ Revival in America : Die Orgelbewegung in Amerika / Uwe Pape [red.]. - Berlin : Pape Verlag, [1977]. - (Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde ; Publication # 65).
Links https://www.flentrop.nl/orgelbouw/evanst_illi_univ.html