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First Presbyterian Church of Evanston is fortunate to have two fine instruments. At the front of the sanctuary is a 3-manual, 64-rank, electro-pneumatic Aeolian-Skinner organ built in 1958. The organ includes stops from the original 1881/1895 Johnson instrument as well as several from the 1940 Holtkamp organ. In 1985, a multi-level combination action was installed, and portions of the organ's relay were converted to solid state switching. In the spring of 2001, the conversion was completed by installing a multiplex (encoded) switching system, which controls all stops and couplers. In addition, a full Peterson MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) system was installed, allowing digitally sampled sounds of other musical instruments to be played from the organ keyboards, and the organ to be played from a remote keyboard.

The chapel is graced by a 34-rank, 3-manual Austin organ built in 1969. It also has electro-pneumatic action, and is located in the rear balcony of the chapel.

STOP LIST FOR AEOLIAN-SKINNER SANCTUARY ORGAN
STOP LIST FOR AUSTIN CHAPEL ORGAN


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